Medical Malpractice Lawyer in San Diego

San Diego Medical Malpractice Attorney Jeffrey R. Frank, Representing Medical Malpractice Since 1985

If you are the victim of medical malpractice, you will want an experienced San Diego medical malpractice attorney to represent you. Jeffrey R. Frank is one of San Diego's leading medical malpractice attorneys, with extensive expertise in this specialized field of law.

Medical malpractice can be a failure to properly treat an illness or medical condition, a failure to properly and timely diagnose an illness or medical condition, a failure to properly prescribe medication, a failure to properly and thoroughly advise you as to the risks of a medical treatment or medical procedure, a failure to properly treat a medical condition, or some combination of these things. Medical malpractice requires more than a mistake on the part of the doctors or other health care professionals – you must be able to identify how their medical malpractice caused harm or damage to you. In many instances, you must also show that you would be better off had they done their job properly. This almost always requires testimony on your behalf from similar medical professionals.

There are several warning signs that may ultimately determine that you are the victim of medical malpractice. Perhaps you feel that some part of your medical treatment has adversely affected your health. Or that you were injured as the result of the actions of a health care provider, doctor or hospital. You may have a concern about the competency of the physician that cared for you, that you received inadequate treatment or that the medical devices or pharmaceuticals used to treat you contributed to your injuries.

A medical malpractice lawyer can prove negligence on the part of the physician or other medical professional by demonstrating that the diagnosis or surgery was below medical standards and that this is what caused the condition or injury to occur. In some cases, the injury might not be immediately apparent, but may have a delayed reaction in the form of future harm.

To build a case for medical malpractice, San Diego medical malpractice attorney Jeffrey R. Frank utilizes the services of medical experts who can evaluate the complete procedure to determine the exact cause of the patient's subsequent condition or injury.

In such complex cases, there are aggressive insurance firms involved that have a team of lawyers and considerable resources available to vigorously defend the negligent physician or hospital. After the negotiating process, if we feel a final settlement offer from the insurance company is not appropriate for the pain and suffering caused to the victim, we are fully prepared to take the case to trial--using the expert testimony of our retained medical specialists.

If you or a loved one is the victim of medical malpractice, you should contact a San Diego medical malpractice attorney right away. Contact the Law Offices of Jeffrey R. Frank for a free consultation.