Kitsap County Medical Malpractice Lawyers / Morrow Kidman Tinker, PLLC

Victims of serious medical malpractice suffer more than their physical injury. Medical malpractice victims also suffer a violation of the fundamental trust that every patient places in the skills and knowledge of their doctor or other medical care provider.

At Morrow Kidman Tinker Macey-Cushman, PLLC our Kitsap County medical malpractice attorneys handle all types of medical malpractice cases for clients in Seattle, Kitsap County, Bainbridge Island, the Tri-Cities, and elsewhere across Washington State. We’re proud of our proven record of recovering millions of dollars in compensation for Washington medical malpractice victims and their families.

Medical Malpractice Means Preventable Medical Injuries

Modern medicine is complex, sophisticated, and often highly specialized. That means medical malpractice can occur in thousands of ways. In some cases, serious medical malpractice is obvious. In others, it may be subtle and difficult to detect without painstaking investigation and skilled analysis. In all cases, though, serious medical malpractice means that a patient who deserved competent medical help didn’t receive it. Instead, the outcome was a preventable injury that likely resulted in continued illness, disability, suffering, or even death.

Common categories of serious medical malpractice include:

• Failure to diagnose medical conditions. Diagnostic errors delay a patient’s recovery or, too often, cause permanent injuries or death. Many conditions that respond best to prompt treatment are commonly misdiagnosed, including life-threatening conditions such as heart attacks, strokes, and cancer. Diagnostic errors include missed diagnoses, wrong diagnoses, delayed diagnoses, and failure to diagnose a patient’s additional conditions or complications.
• Surgical errors. Every year, many patients have surgeries performed on the wrong part of their body, and surgeries are even performed on the wrong patients. Sometimes patients are injured when a surgeon attempts a procedure beyond the surgeon’s training and skill, or a surgeon does a bad job on a procedure that should have been routine. Patients also leave the operating room with surgical tools still inside their bodies. All of these mistakes can result in a patient who suffers disability, pain, or even death.
• Anesthesia errors. Many patients are harmed each year when they receive improperly administered anesthesia – including too much or too little anesthesia – as part of a medical procedure.
• Emergency room errors. Patients who arrive in emergency rooms must be evaluated and treated efficiently and thoroughly. When that doesn’t happen, patient injuries can result, including severe injuries with permanent consequences for the patient and his or her family.
• Medication errors. Patients can suffer preventable injuries or even death when they receive the wrong medication or a correct medication in the wrong dosage. Physician errors in prescribing medications, errors in labeling or dispensing drugs, and errors in administering drugs to patients all can result in serious medical malpractice.

Contact Our Kitsap County Medical Malpractice Lawyers For Help With Your Case

The dedicated and trusted medical malpractice attorneys at Morrow Kidman Tinker Macey-Cushman, PLLC are available to discuss your case in a free consultation. If you’re concerned that you or a family member has been harmed by serious medical malpractice, contact us to find out how we can help. Whether you’re in Seattle, Pasco, Richland, Kennewick, Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County, or elsewhere in Washington, you can reach us by calling (206) 752-4366 or by using our online form. If you have a medical malpractice claim, we’ll explain your rights under Washington law and let you know how we can put our skills and years of experience to work for you.