Spinal Chord and Other Neurological Injuries in New York
The neurological system of the human body is an extremely intricate set of nerves, tissue, organs, bones, fluids, and other components, working together to allow communication between various parts of the body that, when left uninjured and undamaged, efficiently perform automatic functions like breathing and discretionary functions (such as talking and walking).
Neurological injuries, whether caused by auto accidents, sporting event injuries, adverse drug reactions, household accidents, siip and falls, birth injuries, exposure to toxic chemicals, or recreational activities like boating, diving, swimming, skiing, snowboarding, horseback riding or riding a bicycle, motorcycle, or ATV, can result in serious neurological injury.
The nervous system is delicate and complex. Injuries to the nervous system can be temporary or permanent and they may or may not require surgery as well as long-term hospital and institutional care. It is therefore extremely important not only that those victims of neurological injury have expert medical care as soon as possible, but that they have competent health care at all times. The failure to treat spinal chord and other neurological injuries in a timely and proper manner can have particularly devastating effects upon the victim: wrongful death or permanent disability (including quadriplegia, paraplegia, and permanent brain damage).
Examples of neurological medical malpractice include:
- Failure to treat a spinal cord injury in a timely manner
- Failure to treat a brain injury in a timely manner
- Failure to treat swelling of the brain after injury
- Failure to treat swelling of the brain after surgery
- Failure to diagnose brain injury
- Failure to diagnose spinal cord injury
- Failure to diagnose nerve damage or nerve injury
- Failure of nurses, technicians, or EMTs to report neurological conditions to a doctor
- Failure to diagnose or treat complications from back surgery such as laminectomies
- Errors during the birth of an infant resulting in injury to the brain or spinal column
- Hypoxic brain injury (lack of oxygen to the brain).
If you or a loved one has been injured due to the failure to properly treat a spinal chord or other neurological system injury, you need to talk to an experienced medical malpractice attorney. At the Law Offices of Sam Rosmarin, a skilled New York medical malpractice attorney can meet with you for a
free consultation to review the facts of your case, inform you of your rights, and advise you of your best options. If
medical malpractice was a factor in your injury, you can trust your claim will be aggressively prosecuted for maximum compensation. Although no amount of compensation may be enough to make up for the damage caused, it can provide you with the financial resources you need to provide for needed treatment and medical care both now and in the future.
Interested in scheduling a free consultation to discuss your claim? Please contact a New York medical malpractice lawyerat the Law Offices of Sam Rosmarin today!