Medical malpractice occurs when the doctor or healthcare provider performs below the accepted standard of care. Common mistakes that lead to valid medical malpractice claims include: - Misdiagnosis, - Delayed diagnosis, - Surgical errors, such as operating on the wrong body part or leaving an instrument in the patient, - Failing to follow accepted treatment protocols, - Misinterpreting lab or other test results, - Failure to get a proper medical history from the patient, - Failure to obtain informed consent, - Medication errors, such as prescribing the wrong drug or the wrong dosage, - Certain birth injuries. Call our experienced medical malpractice lawyers at Goodrich & Geist, P.C. so that we can evaluate what happened in your specific case to help determine whether you have a valid claim for malpractice.