Carpenter & Zuckerman, LLP represents individuals and their family members in Los Angeles who were injured by medical errors.

Medical malpractice occurs when a physician, nurse practitioner, pharmacist, hospital, clinic or other healthcare professional fails to care for a patient in accordance with the prevailing standard of care.  If such negligence injures or kills the patient, the patient or the patient's family members can seek compensation from those parties who comitted malpractice.

Medical malpractice can take place during any medical procedure:

• a pediatrician may misdiagnose a child's meningitis symptoms as another ailment;
• a nurse may administer the wrong drug;
• a lab technician may reuse unsanitary needles to draw a blood sample;
• a radiologist may misread a CAT scan or x-ray; and
• a pharmacist may misfill a patient's prescription with the wrong drug or with the incorrect dosage of the right drug;

If medical malpractice injured you or took the life of a loved one, contact us online or call us at 310-273-1230.  Our medical malpractice attorneys provide a FREE consultation to review your situation and to discuss your legal options.