At Martin G. Schulz & Associates, our medical malpractice lawyers on the needs of clients who have experienced injury, illness, or death due to wrongful action or inaction at the hands of the medical practitioners to whom they have entrusted their care.

It is often difficult to deal with the issue of medical malpractice with healthcare professionals such as doctors, dentists, chiropractors, nursing homes and hospitals, because these are people who dedicate themselves to saving lives and healing others. It is especially disheartening when the malpractice causes someone to be impaired, permanently disfigured or to die unexpectedly while under the care of a trusted physician.

Commonly referred to as medical negligence, medical malpractice has two separate branches:

1. Failure to Diagnose / Treat: When a health professional, such as a doctor, nurse, dentist, therapist, or chiropractor, fails to property treat a medical condition, resulting in a new or aggravating injury to the patient;
2. Operational Malpractice: When a health professional acts in a manner that is considered unacceptable to how other health professionals in the same field would act

While medical malpractice is often the result of sub-par medical care, it may also be the result of negligence, mistakes or poor judgment. There are very few cases where the medical practitioner intentionally sought to harm a person in their care, but damages can be caused regardless of intention. For example, babies may suffer brain injury during delivery due to a lack of adequate action, or an elderly patient might receive the wrong medication leading to wrongful death.

The malpractice attorneys at Martin G. Schulz & Associates encourage our clients to hold their Doctors accountable and seek compensation for their pain, suffering, and expenses. We have dealt with countless cases for malpractice victims in the Edmonton region who have suffered from traumatic medical treatment problems such as—

• Birth injury
• Cancer misdiagnosis
• Heart attack
• Hospital malpractice
• Late diagnosis
• Nursing home negligence
• Prescription drug error
• Spinal cord injury
• Surgical error including cosmetic surgery
• Traumatic brain injury
• Wrongful death

Filing a medical malpractice claim is time sensitive. Call us toll-free at 1-800-253-2105 for your free consultation. Due to restrictions in Edmonton, a person injured by medical malpractice has two and a half years from the date of injury to file a claim. However, some claims are subject to separate statutes, and in limited circumstances are there extensions. For example, a case where a surgeon accidentally leaves an instrument inside of a patient has only a mere twelve months from the date the object was discovered to be filed.

Martin G. Schulz & Associates have been handling medical malpractice claims and injury claims throughout British Columbia and Alberta for years, and have successfully helped thousands of people get a fair amount of compensation under the law. If you've been the victim of medical malpractice, call Martin G. Schulz & Associates today and obtain one of our skilled and experienced lawyers to handle your case. We will fight for you!