Medical and Dental Cases Polewski & Associates Have Handled

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A firm that advertises having 25 lawyers or 200 lawyers is a very bad choice if none of those lawyers regularly handles medical malpractice cases--or if the lawyer assigned to your case doesn't know what he is doing. A car wreck lawyer has no business handling a case about whether a neurosurgeon did brain surgery correctly.

A Sample of the Malpractice Cases We Have Handled

If you have been injured by medical malpractice of a doctor, nurse or hospital, we have almost certainly already handled a case like yours. It is likely we're handling a case much like yours right now. Here is a partial list of the kinds of cases we have handled:

Surgery Medical Malpractice

Biopsy surgery: Negligence in obtaining bone marrow sample results in spinal cord injury
Knee surgery: Negligence in performing knee surgery results in permanently frozen knee
Neurosurgeon's negligence results in patient's brain injury and death
Surgeon's negligence during appendix removal surgery results in injury to the patient's aorta and near death
Back surgery: Surgeon installs implants over patient's sciatic nerve, crippling patient permanently
Negligence of surgeon during surgery for GERD results in lacerated esophagus and patient bleeding to death
Spine surgery: Medical malpractice of back surgeon results in patient being permanently crippled and in severe pain (multiple cases)
Compartment syndrome malpractice: Negligence of surgeon in failing to diagnose compartment syndrome results in patient's loss of his leg (multiple cases)
Ankle surgery: Medical malpractice in setting fracture of ankle results in patient being permanently crippled and in pain
Cervical spine surgery: Unnecessary and poorly performed upper back surgery cripples patient (multiple different cases)
Lumbar spine surgery: Negligence in lower back surgery causes permanent disability and loss of use of leg (multiple different cases)
Patient suffers stroke and brain damage during cervical disc surgery because doctor failed to compensate for blockage of artery
Orthopedic surgery negligence: failure to diagnose blockage of arteries leads to loss of leg (multiple different cases)
Knee surgery: Orthopedic surgeon's negligence in performing knee replacement surgery results in artery injury and "frozen" joint
Hip replacement surgery: Orthopedic surgeon's malpractice in performing hip replacement surgery results in permanent and disabling nerve injury
Orthopedic surgeon malpractice during hip surgery causes failure of operation and permanent disability Surgical Medical Malpractice
Lung surgery: Patient's phrenic nerve cut during lung surgery, leaving young man unable to breathe normally and permanently disabled
Gastric sleeve and gastric bypass surgery: Negligence during gastric sleeve surgery results in pain, disability and need for additional surgeries (multiple cases)
Hysterectomy: gynecologist injures patient's ureters during hysterectomy (multiple cases)
Hysterectomy: gynecologist injures patient's bowel during hysterectomy leading to massive infections (multiple cases)
Liver surgery: general surgeon performing liver surgery destroys patient's portal vein supplying blood to liver, killing patient
Ankle surgery: Negligence in ankle surgery leads to infection and loss of function in ankle
Knee surgery: Surgeon negligently cuts artery during knee replacement surgery
Kidney surgery: urologist attempting removal of left kidney destroys blood supply to right kidney and bowels, killing patient
Heart surgery: electrophysiologist (heart) surgeon performs ablation procedure resulting in a fatal hole between the heart and esophagus
Appendix removal: Negligence during surgery for removal of appendix requires long hospital stay and additional surgeries
Nose surgery: Failure of doctor and hospital staff to monitor patient after surgery leads to death from post-operative complications
Anesthesiologist's failure to monitor patient results in brain damage or death (multiple cases)
Cosmetic surgery: during lipsuction doctor negligently shreds diaphragm muscles and destroys blood supply to patient's skin, resulting in a huge wound and multiple skin graft surgeries
Gall Bladder surgery: Mistake in gall bladder removal (laparoscopic cholecystectomy) results in liver damage, bile duct injury or death of patient (many cases)
Ankle surgery: Mistake by surgeon leads to infection, additional surgeries, and inability to bend ankle
Foot surgery: Mistakes by surgeon leave patient unable to walk (multiple cases)
Foot surgery: podiatrists surgical errors during bunionectomy result in pain and additional surgeries (multiple cases)
Abdominal surgery: Surgeon mistakenly cuts colon, leading to infection and death of patient (multiple cases)
Colon surgery: negligence in performing colectomy leads to sterilization of male patient
Neck surgery: ENT surgeon mistakes little girl's larynx for her hyoid bone, almost kills her and leaves her unable to talk normally
Heart surgery: during bypass surgery heart surgeon negligently sews shut arteries of veins (multiple cases)
Heart surgery: cardiac surgeon implanting pacemaker pushes wire into patient's lungs, causing serious injury
Colon surgery: failure to diagnose and treat post-operative complication leads to patient's death (multiple cases)
Robotic surgery: Medical malpractice in use of robot for surgery results in injury to patient's bowels, biliary system, or arteries (multiple cases)
Gall bladder surgery: surgeon's mistake in cutting wrong duct leads to disability and additional surgeries (multiple cases)
Hysterectomy: surgeon's error damages bladder or ureters (multiple cases)
gynecologist's negligence during hysterectomy results in injury to the woman's bladder and ureters (multiple cases)
gynecologist's negligence during removal of fibroids causes bladder and bowel injuries
Bariatric (weight loss) surgeon's negligence results in death or serious injury (multiple cases)
Negligence in post operative care of weight loss surgery patient results in serious injury or death (multiple cases)
Weight loss surgery negligence causes loss of patient's entire stomach (multiple cases)
Post surgical care malpractice: surgeon's negligence in failing to diagnose and treat infection causes injury and death (multiple cases)
Post surgery malpractice: failure to prevent or timely treat blood clots results in patient's death

Hospital and Nursing Malpractice

Failure to inform doctors of blood test results in death of patient from heart infection (endocarditis)
Negligence during surgery on blood vessels in the forehead leads to loss of an eye and terrible scarring
Surgeon's negligence in failing to adequately monitor patient after surgery leads to brain injury or death (multiple cases)
Patient has allergic reaction to drugs given at hospital and nurses and doctors ignore it, leading to serious injury (multiple cases)
Nurses fail to monitor patient as required, and patient dies from lack of care (multiple cases)
Nurse administers wrong drug, leading to death of child
Nursing staff fails to monitor patient, leading to terrible bedsores, infection and death of patient
Nursing staff fails to follow fall precautions for disabled patient, resulting in fall which leads to patient's death (multiple different cases)
Physical therapy staff fails to act on bleeding within cast, leading to loss of all skin on patient's leg, multiple surgeries, and disability
Dialysis nurse and floor nurse fail to react to emergency during dialysis, leading to the patient bleeding to death
Surgical error: nurses leave sponges and other objects in patients (multiple different cases)
Nursing staff fails to report symptoms to doctor; patient dies from easily curable condition (multiple cases)
Nurses or nurse's aid drops patient (multiple cases)
Nurses fail to notice fracture, patient becomes very ill and dies
Failure of doctor and hospital staff to monitor patient after surgery leads to death from post-operative complications (multiple different cases)
Nurses fail to advocate for patient safety when patient has emergency symptoms and doctor ignores them (multiple cases)
Nurse fail to respond to patient calls for help and patient dies or becomes paralyzed
Patient with sleep apnea given drugs that caused respiratory failure and death
Patient overdosed on pain medications
Patient dies during "code blue" due to errors by rapid response team
Nurse ignores patient's worsening condition and send patient home--where patient dies or develops paralysis (multiple cases)

Anesthesiologist Malpractice

anesthesiologist fails to notice that patient is in distress during surgery, resulting in brain damage and death to patient (multiple cases)
anesthesiologist prescribes excessive post surgical medication to patient, resulting in cardiac arrest and death
anesthesiologist performs epidural steroid injection injuring patients spinal cord (multiple cases)
anesthesiologist performs nerve block negligently, causing permanent nerve damage
Patient's nerves injured during nerve block injection leading to paralysis of patient's arm or leg (multiple cases)

Emergency Room Medical Malpractice

Discharge of patient with cauda equina syndrome (an emergency injury to the spinal nerves)results in delayed treatment and permanent paralysis (multiple cases)
Failure to diagnose a heart attack leads to death of patient (multiple different cases)
Failure to diagnose appendicitis leads to death of patient from burst appendix
Failure to treat a child with meningitis results in severe brain damage to child (multiple cases)
Misdiagnosis of heart failure as "indigestion" results in death of patient
Medication error causes death of child
Failure to admit or transfer patient with colloid cyst in his brain results in death of patient
Failure to treat or transfer a patient with sepsis results in death of the patient
Failure to diagnose abdominal aneurysm (an emergency blood vessel condition) results in patient's death
Release of patient with serious internal injuries results in death of patient
Failure to properly evaluate patient results in missed heart infection and the patient's death
Discharge of patient with brain tumor results in patient's death
Failure to admit or transfer patient with ruptured duodenal ulcer results in patient bleeding to death
Failure to diagnose compartment syndrome lead to loss of patient's leg (multiple cases)
Failure to diagnose appendicitis results in burst appendix and near death of patient (multiple cases)
Doctor thinks patient is "faking" symptoms and allows patient to become paralyzed without care (multiple cases)
Doctor delays obtaining care for patient with spinal injury, leading to permanent paralysis
Nurse in ER gives patient overdose of morphine, causing patient's death
Doctors and nurses fail to recognize that patient is dying of infection and send him home without treatment (multiple cases)
Doctors and nurses fail to treat bowel obstruction, resulting in death of patient
Doctor gives overdose of Dilaudid, causing respiratory arrest and coma
Doctors and nurses give overdose of morphine
Doctors and nurses miss symptoms of bowel obstruction and patient dies
Doctors and nurses fail to recognize necrotizing fasciitis and patient dies
Emergency room doctors diagnose dangerous brain swelling--but fail to get patient treatment, patient dies

Family Practice Doctor Negligence and Internal Medicine Specialist Malpractice

Failure to diagnose pneumonia results in multiple surgeries and disability
Failure to evaluate cause of repeated UTIs results in sepsis and amputations of both legs
Discharge of patient with dissecting aneurysm in his aorta leads to patient's death
Misdiagnosis of heart failure as "indigestion" results in death of patient
Doctor's failure to diagnose or treat infection in hospital causes patient's death
Doctor's failure to diagnose heart problem leads to patient's death from heart attack
Doctor's failure to act on laboratory report results in patient's death from treatable cancer (multiple cases)
Doctor's failure to read report from radiologist results in delayed treatment that could have saved patient (multiple cases)
Doctor's prescription of wrong drug causes hearing loss
Doctor's failure to refer patient for treatment by specialist causes serious injury and death (multiple cases)

Obstetrician and Gynecologist Medical Malpractice

Failure to perform C-section results in death of baby
gynecologist's negligence during hysterectomy results in injury to the woman's bladder and ureters (multiple cases)
gynecologist's negligence during removal of fibroids causes bladder and bowel injuries
Failure to perform C-section results in death of mother
Negligence in delivering baby results in permanent loss of use of baby's arm
Ignoring evidence of trapped uterus results in severe brain damage to baby
Failure to deliver baby in time results in cerebral palsy
Gynecologist's failure to act on evidence of cervical cancer leads to death of patient
Negligence in performing hysterectomy leads to injuries to bladder, ureters or other structures, resulting in severe injuries and additional surgery (multiple cases)
Surgeon leaves needle in patient after surgery, resulting in severe pain and requiring further surgery
Gynecologist fails to treat infection, resulting in woman being unable to have children

Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect

Nurse malpractice leads to severe bedsores and multiple surgeries (multiple cases)
Failure to monitor patient's nutrition leads to patient's death
Nurse drops patient causing serious injuries (multiple cases)
Nursing malpractice in failing to monitor patient results in fall, disability and death
Failure to properly monitor patient results in malnutrition, bedsores and death
Helpless patient abused by nursing home staff

Pain Management Medical Malpractice

pain management doctor doing cervical injection punctures patient's spinal cord, leaving patient in constant pain and addicted to pain medications
pain management doctor giving epidural steroid injection causes spinal hematoma and permanent nerve damage affecting patient's hands, legs and feet
failure to diagnose cauda equina syndrome by pain management doctor leads to delay in treatment and permanent nerve damage

Dentist Negligence

Dentist's negligence in failing to monitor patient's vital signs during extraction of teeth leads to patient's death
Dentist's failure to provide antibiotics when extracting an abscessed tooth leads to sepsis and lengthy hospital stay (multiple cases)
Dentist's negligence with drill results in patient's tongue being cut in half
Dentist extracts tooth and shatters jaw, causing massive bleeding
Dentist fails to properly examine disabled adult leading to massive infections and loss of all teeth
Dentist doing root canal forces filling material into patient's jaw, causing permanent nerve damage
Oral surgeon places implant into a patient's sinus requiring extensive repair surgery
Oral surgery ruins occlusion and causes inability to eat normally or without pain
Orthodontist's negligence results in loss of multiple teeth and damage to patient's jaw (multiple cases)
Botched "all on 4" implants need to be removed and all dental work redone--with bone grafting (multiple cases)
Oral surgeon's negligence leads to $150,000 of additional dental treatment and multiple additional surgeries
Dentist's negligence in setting dental posts results in infections, loss of teeth and jaw bone (multiple cases)
Unqualified dentist attempts to design and place implants, resulting in serious infection, bone loss, and permanent disability (multiple cases)
Negligent dentist pulls too many teeth, requiring expensive and painful surgical repair (multiple cases)
Dentist malpractice in cosmetic procedure results in loss of teeth and bone in jaw (multiple cases)
Dentist negligence in root canal and periodontic care causes severe injury and disability
Oral surgeon's negligence results in coma and lengthy hospital stay (multiple cases)
Poor installation of implants results in years of pain and multiple additional surgeries (multiple cases)
Negligence during root canal results in near death of patient from infection
Failure to provide antibiotics to young girl with artificial heart valve leads to open heart surgery
Failure to recognize cancer of the palate results in development of aggressive cancer requiring major surgery

If you or someone you care about has suffered a personal injury or a wrongful death due to medical malpractice, please call the Polewski Firm today at 501-404-0062.

Bariatric (weight loss) Surgery Malpractice

Bariatric surgeon gets “lost” during surgery and cuts and sews the wrong parts of patient’s body
Bariatric surgeon negligently leaves sponge in patient’s body
Bariatric surgeon negligently staples the patient’s bowel during surgery
Bariatric surgeon leave too small an opening into the stomach, leading to rupture of the patient’s esophagus
Bariatric surgeon fails to provide proper care after operation, leading to infection and further operations

Dentist Negligence

Dentist’s negligence in failing to monitor patient’s vital signs during extraction of teeth leads to patient’s death

Dentist’s negligence with drill results in patient’s tongue being cut in half
Orthodontist’s negligence results in loss of multiple teeth and damage to patient’s jaw
Oral surgeon’s negligence leads to $150,000 of additional dental treatment and multiple additional surgeries
Dentist extracts abscessed tooth without antibiotic treatment, leading to infection and near death of patient (multiple cases)
Implant are improperly designed and placed, leading to failure of the implants and necessity to remove them and start over (multiple cases)

Emergency Room Medical Malpractice

Failure to diagnose or treat heart attack leads to death of patient (multiple different cases)
Failure to diagnose appendicitis leads to death of patient from burst appendix
Failure to treat child with meningitis results in severe brain damage to child
Misdiagnosis of heart failure as “indigestion” results in death of patient
Administration of drug by mistake causes death of child
Release of patient with serious internal injuries results in death of patient
Failure to properly evaluate patient results in missed heart infection and the patient’s death
Failure to diagnose compartment syndrome lead to loss of patient’s leg
Failure to diagnose necrotizing fasciitis (flesh eating bacteria) leads to death of patient
Failure to treat bowel obstruction results in death of patient in emergency department

Eye Doctor (Opthamologist) Medical Malpractice

Opthamologist’s negligence in treating glaucoma blinds patient
Failure to diagnose infection results in blindness

Family Practice Doctor Negligence

Failure to diagnose pneumonia results in multiple surgeries and disability
Misdiagnosis of heart failure as “indigestion” results in death of patient

Internal Medicine Specialist Medical Malpractice

Doctor’s failure to diagnose or treat infection in hospital causes patient’s death
Doctor’s failure to diagnose heart problem leads to patient’s death from heart attack
Doctor’s failure to act on laboratory report results in patient’s death from treatable cancer

Hospital and Nursing Malpractice

Failure to inform doctors of blood test results results in death of patient from heart infection (endocarditis)
Nurse administers wrong drug, leading to death of child
Nursing staff fails to monitor patient, leading to terrible bedsores, infection and death of patient
Nursing staff fails to follow fall precautions for disabled patient, resulting in fall which leads to patient’s death (multiple different cases)
Physical therapy staff fails to act on bleeding within cast, leading to loss of all skin on patient’s leg, multiple surgeries, and disability
Dialysis nurse and floor nurse fail to react to emergency during dialysis, leading to the patient bleeding to death
Surgical nurses leave sponges and other objects in patients (multiple different cases)
Emergency room nurse fails to monitor patient or inform doctors of serious conditions leading to patient death (multiple cases)
Failure of doctor and hospital staff to monitor patient after surgery leads to death from post-operative complications (multiple different cases)

Obstetrician and Gynecologist Medical Malpractice

Failure to perform C-section results in death of baby
Failure to perform C-section results in death of mother
Negligence in delivering baby results in permanent loss of use of baby’s arm
Ignoring evidence of trapped uterus results in severe brain damage to baby
Failure to deliver baby in time results in cerebral palsy
Gynecologist’s failure to act on evidence of cervical cancer leads to death of patient
Negligence in performing hysterectomy leads to injuries to bladder, ureters or other structures, resulting in severe injuries and additional surgery (multiple cases)
Surgeon leaves needle in patient after surgery, resulting in severe pain and requiring further surgery
Gynecologist fails to treat infection, resulting in woman being unable to have children

Orthopedist Medical Malpractice

Negligence in ankle surgery leads to infection and loss of function in ankle
Negligence of back surgeon results in patient being permanently crippled and in severe pain
Negligence of surgeon in failing to diagnose compartment syndrome results in patient’s loss of his leg
Negligence in setting fracture of ankle results in patient being permanently crippled and in pain
Unnecessary and poorly performed back surgery cripples patient (multiple different cases)
Negligence in back surgery causes permanent disability and loss of use of leg (multiple different cases)
Orthopedist’s failure to diagnose blockage of arteries leads to loss of leg (multiple different cases)
Negligence in hip replacement surgery leads to crippling and permanent pain (multiple cases)
Negligence in knee replacement surgery results in “frozen” and permanently extended knee

Nursing Home Negligence

Failure to care for patient leads to severe bedsores and multiple surgeries
Failure to monitor patient’s nutrition leads to patient’s death
Failure to monitor patient results in fall, disability and death
Failure to properly patient results in malnutrition, bedsores and death

Pediatrician Medical Malpractice

Pediatrician’s negligence in failing to diagnose meningitis results in death of child or severe injury and brain damage to child

Podiatrist Negligence

Unnecessary surgery results in permanent disability
Botched bunion surgery results in severe pain, multiple surgeries and permanent injury (multiple cases)
Poorly done hammertoe surgery cripples patient
Surgery to “correct” flat foot leaves patient unable to walk
Negligent failure to treat infection leads to multiple additional surgeries and permanent disability

Surgical Medical Malpractice

Lung surgery: Patient’s phrenic nerve cut during lung surgery, leaving young man unable to breathe normally and permanently disabled
Orthopedic surgery: negligence during hip, back, knee and neck surgeries results in crippling and permanent pain (multiple cases)
Nose surgery: Failure of doctor and hospital staff to monitor patient after surgery leads to death from post-operative complications
Gall Bladder surgery: Mistake in gall bladder removal (laparoscopic cholecystectomy) results in liver damage to patient or death (multiple cases)
Ankle surgery: Mistake by surgeon leads to infection, additional surgeries, and inability to bend ankle
Foot surgery: Mistakes by surgeon leave patient unable to walk (multiple cases)
Abdominal surgery: Surgeon mistakenly cuts colon, leading to infection and death of patient (multiple cases)
Colon surgery: negligence in performing colectomy leads to sterilization of male patient
Colon surgery: failure to diagnose and treat post-operative infection leads to patient’s death
Gall bladder surgery: surgeon’s mistake in cutting wrong duct leads to disability and additional surgeries (multiple cases)
Hysterectomy: surgeon’s error damages bladder, bowel or ureters (multiple cases)