John A Caputo
Pittsburgh Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Lawyer
John A. Caputo is an medical malpractice lawyer in Pittsburgh who handles cases involving medical malpractice, personal injury, automobile accidents, construction site injuries, defective products, and premises liability.
Law Office of John A Caputo
100 Ross St
Pittsburgh PA 15219
Tel: 412 246-4775; 877 450-3648
Fax: 412 246-4778
E-mail: jac@jcaputo.com
Board Certified Medical Malpractice Lawyer - American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys
Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer - National Board of Legal Specialty Certification
Medical Malpractice
Trusted Pittsburgh medical malpractice lawyer for victims of substandard care
For almost 40 years, I have been deeply involved and extremely successful in assisting patients and their families in cases of medical malpractice. These cases have included injuries or deaths from medical carelessness or surgical errors:
* Mismanagement of labor and delivery
* Surgical mistakes
* Anesthesia errors
* Oxygen deprivation
* Birth injuries
* Medication errors
* Ignorance of risk factors
* Failure to diagnose
* Infection acquired in hospital
* Paralysis
* Brain injury
* Strokes
* Liver injury from gall bladder surgery
* Misdiagnosis of cancer
* Misinterpretation of test results
* Poor post-operative care
* Delayed diagnosis
* Wrongful deaths from medical mistakes
When medical malpractice is in question, I bring in a team of experts—including the best doctors in the relevant practice area—to review your case, identify what was done wrong or could have been prevented, and testify at trial if necessary. Our objectives in suing medical practitioners and facilities are to hold them accountable for their mistakes and negligence and to get you compensation for the resulting injuries.
Birth injury
Mental and motor delays in development or cerebral palsy may occur as the result of preventable injuries to the brain in the birthing process or immediately after delivery. For example, a lack of sufficient oxygen to the brain at this time can result in permanent brain damage. The overriding issue is whether the injury could and should have been prevented by the professional caregivers who include the obstetrician, nurses and pediatricians or neonatologists. Read more about the causes of preventable birth injuries.
Brain injury
There are times when medical professionals or hospital caregivers do not follow the well-known, accepted practices that would detect conditions that threaten the brain. Failure to investigate or even a slight delay in investigating symptoms can lead to irreversible brain injury that incapacitates the patient. Most of these occur from either a hemorrhage in the brain or a lack of oxygenated blood to the brain. Find out more about the various types of brain injury.
Cancer misdiagnosis
Advances in medicine allow high cure rates in many types of cancer, provided they are detected and treated at an early stage. Unfortunately, many cases are not diagnosed or treated until it is too late. Sometimes doctors or other medical personnel fail to order a test or investigate when presented with signs and symptoms suggesting the possibility of cancer. Other delayed diagnoses are attributable to a radiologist misinterpreting x-rays, scans, or mammograms, or to laboratory personnel who are careless when evaluating tissue specimens, Pap specimens, or other tests. And sometimes a test or film is evaluated correctly and reported to the physician, who neglects to follow up or even inform the patient about the reported abnormality.
Our Pittsburgh medical malpractice law firm uses the best pathologists and physicians to assist in the highly technical challenges of assessing the cancer misdiagnosis investigation. Together, we must establish that the diagnosis of cancer should have been done earlier and what outcome could have been expected if that had occurred. My firm has pursued cases of delayed diagnoses of bone, prostate, primary liver, gynecologic, breast, and other cancers.
Securing your future after serious injury
I am dedicated to the pursuit of justice and appropriate compensation for the victims of medical malpractice. If you or your family members have been hurt by substandard or negligent medical care, contact me online or call 877-596-5602 for a free consultation to discuss the specifics of your situation. When I accept your case, you owe nothing out of pocket until I recover compensation for you.
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