Practice Areas

Medical Malpractice

Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawyer

Medical Errors • Surgical Errors • Birth Injuries • Nursing Home Neglect

Health care professionals are entrusted to provide the ill and injured with proper medical treatment with appropriate standards of care. Unfortunately, this trust may be broken by negligent or careless actions that worsen an already difficult situation, leading to greater injury and even wrongful death.

If you, or a member of your family, have been injured by the wrongful conduct of a medical provider, this is undoubtedly a difficult time for you. You may be unsure of the full consequences of the damage and what it will mean for your life, now and in the future.

You need an experienced Illinois medical malpractice attorney to fight for your interests and help you obtain full and fair compensation for your losses. Chicago medical malpractice lawyer, Gerald T. Donoghue has been helping injured people recover full and fair compensation for their injuries for more than 25 years. Contact our office to schedule a free initial consultation.

Medical malpractice covers many types of errors and it covers the actions of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, anesthesiologists, hospitals and hospital administrators, nurse’s aides and nursing home personnel. It includes:

• Misdiagnosis and failure to diagnose cancer: breast cancer, colon cancer, and other medical conditions
• Failure to treat, or failure to treat promptly
• Medication errors, including failure to prescribe or properly administer medications
• Use of defective drugs
• Use of defective medical devices, such as defective defibrillators
• Failure to order necessary and reasonable tests
• Surgical mistakes
• Emergency room errors
• Childbirth mistakes and injuries
• Nursing home neglect and abuse

* Learn more through our Medical Malpractice Info Center

At the Law Office of Gerald Donoghue, we understand how to investigate medical malpractice cases to prove injuries, and the likely long-term impact those injuries will have. We understand how to present complex medical facts to a jury to prove your case and show how your life has changed. Chicago medical malpractice attorney Gerald Donoghue has demonstrated superior legal ability in the courtroom, resulting in jury awards and settlements for clients and earning him the highest rating* for legal ability and ethical standards from an attorney rating organization.

You can afford the best possible legal representation for your medical malpractice case. Medical malpractice lawyer Gerald Donoghue handles all personal injury cases on a contingency fee basis. If we do not recover compensation for your injuries, we will not charge you an attorney’s fee.

Contact our office to schedule a free initial consultation. We offer evening and weekend appointments upon request.

At the Law Office of Gerald T. Donoghue, we represent injured people in Chicago and surrounding communities in Cook County, Lake County, Will County and DuPage County.

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