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Detroit Medical Malpractice Lawyer

Brian J. McKeen
Brian J. McKeen
bjmckeen@mckeenassociates.com

Andrew F. Kay
Andrew F. Kay
akay@mckeenassociates.com

David F. Dickinson
David F. Dickinson
ddickinson@mckeenassociates.com

John R. LaParl, Jr.
John R. LaParl, Jr.
jlaparl@mckeenassociates.com

Richard T. Counsman
Richard T. Counsman
rcounsman@mckeenassociates.com

Norman H. Rosen, Of Counsel
Norman H. Rosen, Of Counsel
nrosen@mckeenassociates.com

David T. Tirella
David T. Tirella
dtirella@mckeenassociates.com

Laura Elizabeth Jones
Laura Elizabeth Jones
leorlowski@mckeenassociates.com

Kenneth D. Lee
Kenneth D. Lee
klee@mckeenassociates.com

Terry A. Dawes
Terry A. Dawes
tdawes@mckeenassociates.com

J. Kelly Carley
J. Kelly Carley
jcarley@mckeenassociates.com

Joel A. Sanfield
Joel A. Sanfield
jsanfield@mckeenassociates.com

McKeen & Associates, P.C.

645 Griswold Street
Suite 4200
Detroit, MI 48226
United States

Detroit Medical Malpractice Lawyer

The reputable Detroit medical malpractice attorneys at McKeen & Associates understand that injuries can change a person’s life, and an injury resulting from medical malpractice and medical negligence can leave a client feeling vulnerable and betrayed. At the law offices of McKeen & Associates, the Detroit medical malpractice attorneys hold hospitals and medical professionals accountable when they make serious, often preventable, mistakes. The Detroit medical malpractice law firm of McKeen & Associates will approach a case with complete confidence in their ability to serve the client in any medical malpractice litigation claim. At McKeen & Associates they fight for medical malpractice justice for their medical malpractice clients. For more than 25 years, the Michigan medical malpractice lawyers have been representing injured clients in Michigan and throughout the country. The medical malpractice litigators represent clients in both federal and state courts brought throughout Michigan and the rest of the United States.

Detroit Medical Malpractice Lawyer with a Winning Plan

Since opening their doors in 1983, the Michigan medical malpractice lawyers have won numerous million dollar and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for their clients. The trusted Detroit medical malpractice attorney professionals at McKeen & Associates are professional and knowledgeable in dealing with medical malpractice and medical negligence cases. Detroit medical malpractice attorneys at McKeen & Associates are experienced in understanding the details, facts, complications, and circumstances that are a result of medical, hospital, or nursing home negligence or malpractice.

When you are facing medical malpractice litigation, you are in for a fight. This is one of the most complicated legal practice areas for a Detroit medical malpractice attorney to handle. Medical malpractice is a complicated area of law. When you work with McKeen & Associates, you are working with leaders in the Detroit medical malpractice field. Few people understand how common medical malpractice really is as every year, thousands of patients, in Detroit, throughout Michigan, and across the United States, suffer as a result of negligence or careless action or inaction by a doctor, surgeon, medical team, nurse, hospital, medical center or other licensed medical professionals or health care providers. The proven Wayne County medical malpractice litigators at McKeen & Associates have been able to assist clients in numerous cases involving medical malpractice and medical negligence.

Experienced Detroit Medical Malpractice Attorney

This trusted Detroit medical malpractice attorneys know what it takes to win for their clients. Every one of their medical malpractice clients receives service marked by:

  • Compassion: Compassion is the most important factor in their practice. They take the time to listen to you, get to know you and learn your goals for litigation.
  • Intelligence: They do everything possible to get a good settlement for their clients through negotiation outside of court.
  • Strength: Not limited to negotiation outside of court, they have the resources and experience to take a case as far as necessary to get the compensation that their medical malpractice clients deserve.
  • Success: They win for their clients.

Knowledgeable Detroit Medical Malpractice Lawyer

Knowledgeable Detroit medical malpractice lawyers at McKeen & Associates work with medical malpractice clients to ensure they receive the respect and compassion they deserve during their case. If you are a victim of medical malpractice or medical negligence in Michigan, contact the Detroit medical malpractice lawyers at McKeen & Associates. The Detroit area medical malpractice attorneys have experience in many types of medical malpractice and medical negligence for:

  • Misdiagnosis Or Delayed Diagnosis
  • Doctor Misdiagnoses A Condition
  • Delayed Diagnosis Of Condition
  • Doctor Failed To Diagnose A Serious Disease
  • Childbirth Injury
  • Fetal Injury
  • Brain Injury
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Seizure Disorder
  • Fractured Bone
  • Erb’s Palsy
  • Klumpke’s Palsy
  • Negligent Prenatal Care
  • Negligent Medical Treatment During Pregnancy
  • Failure To Diagnose Medical Condition Of Expectant Mother
  • Preeclampsia
  • Rh Incompatibility
  • Hypoglycemia Anemia
  • Gestational Diabetes
  • Failure To Identify Birth Defect
  • Failure To Identify Ectopic Pregnancy
  • Failure To Diagnose Of Mother’s Fetus
  • Failure To Diagnose Genital Herpes
  • Failure To Diagnose Neonatal Lupus
  • Negligence During Childbirth
  • Failure To Anticipate Birth Complications
  • Failure To Respond To Fetal Distress
  • Failure To Order A Cesarean Section
  • Incompetent Use Of Forceps
  • Incompetent Use Of Vacuum Extractor
  • Medication Error
  • Doctor Prescribed Wrong Medication
  • Doctor Misdiagnosed Condition
  • Wrong Drug Given Patient
  • Wrong Dosage
  • Doctor Wrote Incorrect Dosage On Prescription
  • Prescription Is incorrect
  • Nurse Administers Wrong Amount Of Medication
  • Equipment Malfunction
  • Anesthesia Errors
  • Anesthesiologist Errors
  • Failure To Research Patient’s Medical History For Complications
  • Failure To Inform The Patient Of Risks Involved<
  • Failure To Provide Preoperative Instructions
  • Anesthesia Errors During Surgery
  • Delivering Too Much Anesthesia To Patient
  • Failure To Monitor Vital Signs
  • Improperly Intubating Patient
  • Using Defective Medical Equipment
  • Surgery Error
  • Surgical Error
  • Operating Room Mistake
  • Punctured Internal Organ
  • Operated On Wrong Body Part
  • Left Surgical Instruments In Body
  • Nursing Staff Negligence Caused Serious Infection
  • Compromised Medical Staff
  • Nursing Home Negligence
  • Labor Complications
  • Amputation Error
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Medical Negligence
  • Wrongful Death

Michigan medical malpractice is often defined as the failure of a medical professional to follow the accepted standards of practice in his or her profession, resulting in harm to the patient. Detroit medical malpractice litigation attorneys focus on proof of failure to comply with accepted standards of medical practice typically requiring the testimony of someone with expertise in the area of medical treatment and healthcare services. The Detroit medical negligence attorney counselors at the law firm of McKeen & Associates are experienced with the medical expectations and standards of care as recognized by the state of Michigan. Doctors are human and they can make mistakes. However, when doctors fail to make a proper diagnosis, render substandard care, or prescribe the wrong treatment, the consequences can be deadly. At the law offices of McKeen & Associates, their Michigan medical malpractice attorneys hold hospitals and medical professionals accountable when they make serious, often preventable mistakes, representing the victims of medical negligence and their families.

Proven Detroit Medical Malpractice Lawyer

If you suffered a medical malpractice, medical negligence, birth injury or medication error in a Michigan hospital or clinic, contact McKeen & Associates for a free consultation regarding:

  • Anesthesia Error
    • Failure to properly intubate
    • Over-anesthetizing
    • Misuse of spinal anesthetic
  • Anticoagulation Errors – Failure to provide anticoagulants can lead to blood clots that could lead to:
    • Stroke
    • Heart Attack or Pulmonary Embolism
    • Other Serious Medical Condition
  • Brain Injury Error
    • Failure to perform diagnostic tests on an injury victim who has suffered head trauma
    • Failure to initiate emergency surgery to:
      • remove hematoma
      • repair skull fracture
      • remove part of the skull in cases of extreme brain swelling
  • Emergency Room Error
    • ER patient with fever and the staff’s failure to diagnose an infection
    • ER patient with a stomach ache and the doctors fail to recognize a bowel issue
    • ER patient with a headache that is dismissed by the nurses missing the serious issue of inter-cranial pressure
  • Failure to Diagnose Cancer
    • Breast Cancer
    • Prostate Cancer
    • Colon Cancer
    • Skin Cancer
    • Other Cancer
  • Heart Attack & Pulmonary Embolism
    • ER patient with chest pains, turned away due to failure to diagnose a heart attack
    • Patient with warning signs for a heart attack, such as irregular heartbeat, is not provided anticoagulants to prevent a medical emergency
    • A doctor fails to recognize blood clots that have formed while a patient was conducting air travel, and the clot leads to a pulmonary embolism
    • A doctor fails to provide anticoagulants, even though a patient has shown warning signs of pulmonary embolism, such as trouble breathing or other lung issue.
  • Failure to Diagnose Infectious Disease
    • Meningitis
    • Group B Strep
    • Sepsis
  • Failure to Treat Infectious Disease
    • Newborn Infection
    • Prenatal Infection
    • Post-Surgical Infection
  • Medication Errors
    • A pharmacy filled a prescription with the wrong type of drug
    • A doctor failed to look at medical records to see that the new medication prescribed would lead to a dangerous drug interaction with an existing prescription
    • The doctor wrote the wrong dosage on the prescription, leading to an unintended overdose
    • The nurse noted an allergy to a specific type of drugs, but failed to pass that information on to the doctor, who then prescribed a drug that caused an allergic reaction
  • Nursing Home Malpractice
    • Medication error
    • Bedsores, also known as pressure sores or pressure ulcers
    • Fall
    • Malnutrition and dehydration
    • Physical Abuse
    • Wrongful death
  • Pediatric Error
    • Medication Error
      • Overdosing
      • Under Dosing
    • Anesthesia Error
    • Wrongful death
  • Spinal Cord Injury
    • A patient goes in for knee repair and is allowed to become too hypotensive during surgery, which leads to a serious spinal cord injury
    • A patient is involved in a car accident and goes to the emergency room, where he is told he is fine only to suffer paralysis later
    • A patient is provided an anesthetic improperly and suffers epidural hematoma
  • Stroke
    • Failure to diagnose the possibility of a stroke by conducting proper tests to recognize blockage by blood clot
    • Misdiagnosis of stroke as another medical condition and subsequent failure to properly treat
    • Failure to provide anti-coagulation treatment to people with atrial fibrillation or similar indicators of preventable stroke
    • Mistreatment during surgery leading to hypotension, which then leads to a stroke
  • Surgery Error
    • Bowel perforation caused by error during laparoscopic surgical procedure
    • Untreated infections following surgery
    • Leaving surgical implements or other foreign objects inside a body after surgery
    • Nerve damage caused by improperly positioning a patient during surgery
    • Surgery on the wrong part of the body
    • Anesthesia errors during surgery

Recognized Detroit Medical Malpractice Lawyer

The client committed Detroit Michigan medical malpractice lawyers at McKeen & Associates believe that clients come first. Client priority leads every activity in this medical malpractice law firm. By bringing in top-notch experts in the appropriate fields of medicine, the Detroit medical malpractice litigators are able to put together strong cases. These cases are designed specifically to get you the positive results you need. The Detroit medical malpractice attorneys at McKeen & Associates have an ongoing pledge to honesty, integrity, professionalism and community service. McKeen & Associates medical malpractice law firm in Detroit has established itself by delivering quality legal services at affordable fees with a foundation of providing strong dedication to clients. The Detroit medical malpractice lawyers stand with clients, side-by-side, through every phase of the legal process.

The Detroit medical malpractice lawyers at McKeen & Associates are recognized statewide and nationally for the success and value brought to clients. They have attorneys who have been named in Michigan’s Super Lawyers. Detroit News has called the lead attorney Brian McKeen “Michigan’s Most Winning Medical Malpractice Lawyer.” Detroit medical malpractice lawyers at McKeen & Associates have also been honored with memberships in the most prestigious lawyer organizations in the world, including Primerus. These professional associations enable the Detroit medical malpractice attorneys and litigators remain current with the latest developments in the legal community.

Client Oriented Detroit Medical Malpractice Lawyer

Doctors are human and like the rest of us, they can and do make mistakes. However, when doctors fail to make a proper diagnosis, render substandard care, or prescribe the wrong treatment, the consequences can be deadly. At the law offices of McKeen & Associates, the Detroit medical malpractice attorneys hold hospitals and medical professionals accountable when they make serious, often preventable mistakes, representing victims of medical negligence and their families.

If you suffered an injury in a Michigan hospital or clinic, contact the law offices of McKeen & Associates for a free consultation. Their Detroit medical malpractice lawyers have extensive experience handling medical malpractice, birth injury and medication error cases.

McKeen & Associates, P.C.

645 Griswold Street
Suite 4200
Detroit, MI 48226
United States

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McKeen & Associates, P.C.

645 Griswold Street
Suite 4200
Detroit, MI 48226
United States

Law Firm Contact: Brian J. McKeen

Tel: 313.447.0634

Fax: 313.961.5985

Email: bjmckeen@mckeenassociates.com

Website: www.mckeenassociates.com

Member Since: 2007

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