Bothell Medical Malpractice Lawyer

Have you or someone you love suffered harm due to a preventable medical error committed by a healthcare professional in Bothell or greater King County, WA? Far too often, patients and families see their lives forever altered when doctors, nurses, hospitals, pharmacists or other providers stray from reasonable standards of care.

If you experienced unexpected complications, rapid health deterioration, permanent injury or disability, or even the agonizing loss of a loved one after receiving questionable medical care in Bothell or other nearby communities, you may have grounds for a medical malpractice lawsuit. Securing experienced legal representation proves crucial.

For over 40 years, the accomplished medical malpractice lawyers at Moseley Collins Law have been protecting the rights of patients and grieving families in Washington and nationwide. Our firm offers compassionate yet aggressive legal advocacy to those irreversibly impacted by healthcare mistakes. We are fully committed to holding providers accountable.

Please read on to learn more about working with our team if tragedy struck your family after trusted Bothell medical professionals made errors violating expected norms of reasonable care. We outline the physician disciplines and hospitals where problems frequently arise locally, discuss different types of medical negligence, highlight cities/towns we serve nearby, and overview your options for securing justice. Time is of the essence in these cases, so we encourage you to reach out online or call 800-426-5546 to arrange a free consultation exploring your rights.

Bothell and northern King County healthcare consumers rely on a mix of small private practices, expanding hospital networks and specialty care clinics to meet diverse medical needs. With advanced technology and treatments also comes risk of errors impacting diagnosis, medication prescribing, surgical care, child delivery, imaging interpretation, infection control and more.

Some specific disciplines where patients regularly endure life-changing harms due to clinical mistakes warranting malpractice investigation include:

Emergency Medicine - Failure to recognize subtle symptoms of cardiac events, strokes, internal bleeding, infections or other dangerous conditions in busy ERs often progresses preventable deterioration. Bothell ER negligence proves common.

Obstetrics & Labor/Delivery - Lapses in adequately monitoring expecting mothers during late pregnancy along with oversights catching fetal distress signs during childbirth results in preventable infant brain damage, physical/mental disability and wrongful death.

Surgical Errors - Reckless conduct during invasive surgery can cause healthy tissue/organ damage, retained foreign objects left internally, wrong-site procedures, uncontrolled post-operative bleeding, infections from poor sterile protocol, and anesthesia errors.

Cancer Misdiagnosis - Failing to recognize subtle imaging indications suggesting tumors or aggressively follow up on initial lab report irregularities prevents early intervention when cells are more treatable, denying patients’ precious time.

General Medical Care - Primary care physicians and internal medicine specialists overlooking emerging symptoms and family risk factors allows advancement of detectable diseases like diabetes, autoimmune disorders and heart disease resulting in grave, irreversible patient harm.

Major hospitals and medical networks delivering services to those residing and working in Bothell and northern King County suburbs include:

Swedish Medical Center - Edmonds Campus - Part of the extensive Providence Swedish healthcare network, the Edmonds full-service hospital provides specialty heart care, cancer treatment, ER services and more near Bothell.

EvergreenHealth Medical Center - Kirkland - This flagship hospital for the EvergreenHealth network offers a level II trauma center, stroke care, high-risk birthing services, cancer therapies, neurology, and heart surgery to communities like Bothell.

UW Medicine- Northwest Hospital - Serving northern King and southern Snohomish counties, UW Medicine - Northwest Hospital delivers emergency medicine alongside specialized stroke care, birthing services, orthopedics, neurology and other disciplines.

Seattle Children’s Hospital - This leading pediatric hospital provides urgent/emergency services for sick children regionally in addition to the most complex long-term medical treatments, clinical trials and advanced surgery available for kids' rarest conditions and diseases.

Overlake Medical Center - Based in Bellevue just south of Bothell, Overlake Medical Center provides advanced heart care, high-risk pregnancy services, comprehensive cancer treatment, neurosurgery, orthopedics, urology and rehabilitation specialties.

• Surgical Errors - Surgeons cutting or poking organs/blood vessels by accident then failing to realize injuries from tools or leaving foreign objects embedded internally after closing surgical sites. Patients endure follow-up surgeries, some with lifetime disabilities.
• Pharmacy Prescription Errors - Local pharmacists misfiling complex medication regimens with improper dosages or negligently overlooking dangerous drug interactions. Patients suffer allergic reactions, organ failure, and severe infections without monitoring.
• Misread Imaging & Records - Radiologists offer conclusory all clear readings on pathology samples/scans with subtle signs of disease. Cancers grow undiscovered. Internists brush aside obvious risk factors. Conditions advance unchecked.
• Childbirth & Delivery Mistakes - OB nurses/doctors fail adequately monitor fetal heart rates or watch for umbilical cord issues. Poor decisions cause brain damage, cerebral palsy, broken bones and infant death.
• Misdiagnosis - PCPs grow impatient with vague symptoms instead probing further when treatable illnesses like meningitis manifest subtly. Without accurate diagnosis/follow-up, diseases spin out of control.
• Infection & Sepsis Failures - Telltale signs of post-surgical infections get missed by overstretched hospitalists. Fevers spike. Sepsis kills. Is antibiotic resistance testing protocol followed? IV site sterility compromised without scrutiny? We investigate.

The talented medical malpractice lawyers at Moseley Collins Law meticulously deconstruct how gaps in healthcare decisions directly translate into gravely damaging realities forever changing patient’s lives when better choices reasonably could prevent such anguish. Bothell families suffering deserve accountability. Justice provides overdue answers while sparing future victims.

Our lawyers handle medical malpractice claims from injured victims and grieving loved ones throughout King County and surrounding communities statewide where substandard healthcare irrevocably impacted lives. Cities/towns near Bothell benefiting from our client-focused legal advocacy include:

• Woodinville
• Kenmore
• Kirkland
• Lynnwood
• Mountlake Terrace
• Brier
• Monroe
• Snohomish
• Redmond
• Bellevue
• Issaquah
• Sammamish
• Mill Creek
• Maltby
• Silver Firs
• Everett
• Marysville
• Arlington
• Granite Falls

Regardless where you reside in Washington, our law office will thoroughly investigate what went wrong and fight rigorously for your rightful justice if you or someone close endured preventable harm within a Bothell healthcare facility. Every patient deserves accountable treatment no matter their background or location when receiving vital care.

If a Bothell medical professional’s lapse in adhering to reasonable standards of care forever impacts your family, numerous distinguishing credentials make the Moseley Collins team your strongest medical negligence legal advocate. Among top reasons past clients select us include:

• 40+ Years of Specialized Experience - Since establishing our firm in 1980s, medical malpractice law is a major focus of our practice. Such niche focus makes us Washington’s foremost legal experts in these often highly complex specialty cases involving catastrophic damages.
• Tenacity Investigating Records - Building viable negligence claims hinges on comprehensively analyzing volumes of medical records and facility/staff communications identifying where patient care faltered. We aggressively pursue documentation through subpoenas if needed to construct timelines.
• Securing Independent Medical Experts - To prevail, injured patients must prove breaches in accepted care standards through testimony by an unaffiliated physician expert witness(es). We leverage relationships with specialists statewide across every practice domain as case consultants.
• Willingness to Go to Trial - While many firms settle readily out of court for reduced value, our steadfast commitment preparing every claim for trial gives us leverage when negotiating. When offers fall short despite clear liability, we proceed to litigation.
• Compassion for Clients - Our lawyers appreciate every malpractice case involves real people enduring heartache, pain and financial hardship. We communicate clearly and counsel sensitively through the legal process, always putting clients’ needs first.
• Contingency Representation - We provide quality legal representation on a contingency-fee basis meaning no upfront costs to clients. We collect a fraction of settlements as fees only when we secure compensation on your behalf.

The stakes remain high for Washington patients expecting competent care from Bothell medical personnel. Yet errors destroying lives occur routinely. Our fierce legal team stands ready to demand accountability if local healthcare decisions damage you or your family. Please connect today to explore your rights. Justice awaits.

Broadly speaking, medical malpractice occurs when healthcare professionals violate accepted standards of medical care and harm patients in plausibly preventable ways. Examples include surgical mistakes, failure to diagnose conditions, medication errors, injuries during childbirth, inadequate infection control, anesthesia errors and inappropriate or delayed treatment. Victims suffer greatly.

Our lawyers undertake exhaustive record investigations then enlist multiple unaffiliated medical experts to scrutinize relevant care decisions through the lens of what standards of care demanded. If expert analysis confirms questionable healthcare choices directly caused your family preventable harm, you likely hold valid grounds for a strong negligence claim.

The spectrum runs vast from short-term treatable illnesses to profound permanent disabilities and wrongful death. Some examples caused by lapses include surgery complications causing organ damage/paralysis, delayed cancer diagnosis allowing advancement, infant brain damage from delivery errors, medication reactions causing organ failure, severe drug-resistant infections and intractable chronic pain.

Certainly not. Many well documented cases resolve through pre-trial settlement negotiations when presented with compelling evidence demonstrating clear liability. That said our firm prepares every claim in a trial-ready manner applying pressure for equitable resolution. When reasonable settlement offers get rejected, we proceed to litigation. We are certainly willing to take on healthcare giants before juries when justice stalls. You deserve accountability.

The lawyers at Moseley Collins Law deliver experienced, client-focused legal advocacy to Bothell medical error victims. Please contact our team today to explore your options after negligence altered life severely for your family. Justice awaits. Call us now or complete our online form.