Medical Malpractice / Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers in Salt Lake City, Utah
Dewsnup, King & Olsen is widely known as a leader in handling serious and catastrophic medical malpractice claims. Several of the firm's lawyers concentrate their practice in this complex field. By assisting victims of medical malpractice, including nursing home abuse, the attorneys at our Salt Lake City, Utah law firm give a strong voice to people who may otherwise be silenced by the lawyers of hospitals and assisted living facilities.
- Experience of Our Medical Malpractice Lawyers
- Medical Malpractice Cases We Handle
- What You Should Know about Nursing Home Abuse
- Reasons to Choose Dewsnup, King & Olsen
Experience of Our Medical Malpractice Lawyers
Medical malpractice lawyers require extensive knowledge of medical terms, standards of care, and medical procedures. Medical malpractice lawyers also need access to appropriate medical expertise for case evaluations and expert trial witnesses. Medical malpractice is one of the most complex and costly areas of personal injury law, requiring years of practice and large financial resources to take on the vast resources and experienced defense attorneys of the health industry. The medical malpractice lawyers at our Salt Lake City, Utah practice have over 60 years of combined experience in the field, enabling us to make use of medical contacts and resources from around the country, and to obtain expert medical witnesses from the nation's top medical facilities.
Medical Malpractice Cases We Handle
Dewsnup, King & Olsen can help victims pursue medical malpractice and nursing home abuse lawsuits. Our lawyers are well known in Salt Lake City and throughout Utah and are highly regarded for developing our medical malpractice cases with top quality legal and medical expertise, often engaging the services of renowned medical experts to facilitate the representation of injured clients.
Our medical malpractice / nursing home abuse attorneys have successfully litigated to jury verdict or settlement hundreds of medical malpractice cases. Our lawyers have experience with cases involving:
- Birth injuries
- Surgical mistakes
- Delayed and improper diagnosis
- Medication administration mistakes
- Failure to refer
- Anesthesia complications
- Negligent injury to or destruction of tissue or organs
- Failures to remove medical devices, tools and sponges
- Nursing home abuse – including negligent nursing home or assisted living care
- Negligent home health care
What You Should Know about Nursing Home Abuse
Through their experience in handling nursing home abuse cases, the attorneys at our firm in Salt Lake City, Utah have witnessed the neglect that can occur in nursing homes and other assisted living situations including in-home care. To help others catch nursing home abuse before it can cause severe harm, our medical malpractice lawyers have provided the following information.
Types of nursing home / elder care abuse include:
- Physical abuse / neglect – May include physical harm or threat of harm to patient, failure to provide basic necessities (food, health care, sanitary condition, etc.), and sexual abuse
- Emotional abuse – May include verbal and nonverbal infliction of mental anguish or distress
- Exploitation / financial abuse – May include theft of personal property, assets, and funds through both overt and covert methods
Warning signs of nursing home abuse include:
- Poor hygiene / disheveled appearance
- Unexplained bruises, fractures, or other injuries
- Development of bed sores
- Dehydration and malnutrition
- Negative change in demeanor
- Depression
- Complaints of patient
- Strained relationship between caregiver and patient
- Sudden decrease in finances
- Changes in will or power of attorney
If you notice any of the signs above, it is important to consult a nursing home abuse lawyer. Speak with the skilled medical malpractice lawyers at our firm in Salt Lake City, Utah, to learn how to stop the neglect and hold abusers responsible for their actions.
Reasons to Choose Dewsnup, King & Olsen
Dewsnup, King & Olsen has the experience and financial resources to take on and win the most complex and challenging nursing home abuse and medical malpractice cases. The lawyers at our Salt Lake City, Utah-based firm do not accept cases unless the injuries and impacts from the medical malpractice are serious, nor do we take them unless we are willing to pursue them to and through trial, if necessary.
Medical malpractice cases, like other personal injury cases, are handled on a contingent fee basis, so there is no attorney's fee unless we obtain a settlement or judgment for the client. We often advance the costs of the case for discovery, expert fees, and other expenses, since these can be substantial and we understand that our clients may not be able afford them. To learn more about medical malpractice or nursing home abuse, contact our attorneys in Salt Lake City, Utah today.
If you or a loved one is a victim of medical malpractice or nursing home abuse, you need skilled lawyers. Contact our attorneys in Salt Lake City, Utah to learn more about our extensive experience.
36 South State Street
Suite 2400
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-0024
800.404.8520 toll free