Elk & Elk’s Ohio medical malpractice lawyers: Experienced, resourceful and proven.

It is a fact more people die annually in the U.S. from medical errors than from freeway collisions, breast cancer or AIDS.

The National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine, acting as a federal advisory panel on medical malpractice, reported an alarming increase in the number of medical malpractice claims. The panel’s report cited studies placing the death toll due to medical negligence at over 225,000 in the U.S. each year.

When the quality of care you receive comes into question and a health care provider’s negligence is to blame, you need an Ohio medical malpractice attorney with the experience to recognize fault, assess the damage done and the resources to examine your specific situation and the track record to obtain the best result.

The Ohio medical malpractice lawyers at Elk & Elk have more than 40 years of experience delivering top-notch legal help to the victims of medical mistakes. The team’s recent results include a $10 million verdict in paralysis case and a $9.88 million verdict for a birth injury claim. Most important, we can provide an understandable answer to the complex reasons of what happened and why.

When you suspect the quality of care you or a loved one has been substandard, let the Ohio medical malpractice team at Elk & Elk work hard for you to help you get the compensation you need to recoup your expenses and quality of life. Our Ohio medical malpractice lawyers are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and 365 days a year.

Just call us at 1-800-ELK-OHIO for a no-cost, no-obligation medical malpractice consultation. Also, feel free to complete our simple online case evaluation form here.

Did You Know?

• Between 44,000 to 98,000 Americans die in hospitals each year due to preventable medical errors.
  (Source: Institute of Medicine)
• Cost of medical mistakes tops $55 billion per year in the U.S.
  (Source: Institute of Medicine)
• Harvard finds that defensive medicine accounts for nearly $46 billion per year.
• The total spent on medical malpractice insurance in 2008 was $11.2 billion.
  (Source: National Association of Insurance Commissioners)
• Only one in eight preventable medical errors committed in hospitals results in a malpractice claim.
  (Source: Harvard Medical Practice Study Group)
• The average medical malpractice compensation to the claimant in Washington in 2009 was $649,173 - a 6 percent increase. (Source: Office of the Insurance Commissioner)
• Malpractice insurance costs amount to only 3.2 percent of the average physician’s revenue.
  (Source: Medicare Payment Advisory Committee)
• On a scale of zero (never) to four (almost daily), medical residents gave an average response of three for the amount of sleep deprivation experienced during their first year. Over 10 percent of residents indicated sleep deprivation on an “almost daily” occurrence.
  (Source: Medical Malpractice Statistics)