Helena Medical Misdiagnosis Attorneys
Montana Failure to Diagnose Cancer Lawyers
We trust that doctors, lab technicians, radiologists and other medical specialists will be able to determine what is causing our injuries or illnesses. That is why we turn to them when we suspect that something is wrong with us or our loved ones. When they do not read the lab results correctly or otherwise fail to diagnose an injury or illness, they can put our lives at risk.
If you or a loved one was injured because of a medical professional's failure to diagnose or misdiagnosis, you probably have many questions. How did this happen? Would things have been different if the doctor had properly diagnosed the illness? How will you move forward, now, after so much suffering and so many medical bills?
Finding Answers to Your Questions
The Helena medical misdiagnosis attorneys at Dix, Hunt & McDonald help clients find answers to their questions and put the pieces back together. Contact us at 406-558-4300 or by e-mail to schedule a free initial consultation. You will owe no attorneys' fees unless we recover compensation for you.
We handle all types of failure to diagnose/misdiagnosis cases, including, but not limited to:
- Failure to diagnose a stroke in progress
- Failure to diagnose a heart attack or atherosclerotic heart disease
- Failure to diagnose meningitis
- Failure to diagnose sepsis
- Failure to diagnose pulmonary embolism
- Failure to diagnose hepatitis
- Failure to diagnose appendicitis
- Failure to diagnose birth injuries
- Failure to diagnose liver disease
- Failure to diagnose traumatic brain injuries
Failure to Diagnose Cancer
Failure to diagnose cancer is one of the most frequent and traumatic errors that doctors make. With early detection, many cancers are treatable. Without it, they can spread and lead to serious illness and death. Our Montana attorneys handle failure to diagnose cases involving breast cancer, cervical cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer, brain cancer, colon cancer and others.
Timely Diagnosis Is Key
Timely diagnosis of many illnesses can make all the difference between recovery and further damage. However, in order to bring a failure to diagnose medical malpractice case against the negligent doctor, you must be able to show that the illness would not have progressed the same way if the doctor had correctly diagnosed it. For example, cancer is much more treatable if diagnosed early. However, if a patient's cancer is already at an untreatable stage when the misdiagnosis occurred, the doctor may not be liable.
Example of Our Success
When a client developed chest pain and shortness of breath, his cardiologist misinterpreted his results and cleared him for active military duty. While on duty, he acutely decompensated, a result of coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure. Our law firm determined, on his behalf, that he was most likely to receive a heart transplant in Indiana. We traveled to Indiana and worked with a team of experts to determine the medical cost to him, now and in the future. We aggressively pursued compensation for the failure to diagnose coronary artery disease and settled his case for $1.8 million dollars.
Contact Us
Our Helena medical misdiagnosis lawyers represent clients throughout Montana, including clients in Great Falls, Billings and Bozeman. Contact us to discuss how we can help you with your medical negligence claim.