Brea, CA Medical Malpractice Lawyer - Hospital Negligence Attorneys

As medical malpractice lawyers with over 40 years of expertise, it is our ethical duty to rigorously investigate any claims of negligent care with empathy, integrity, and diligent effort. Moseley Collins Law focuses specifically on helping victims and families recover costs for medical errors resulting in severe, permanent harm such as paralysis, brain damage, surgical mistakes, and wrongful death.

With extensive case experience specific to medical malpractice litigation, our medical negligence lawyers have successfully represented clients in legal disputes involving:

• Misdiagnosis & delayed diagnosis
• Surgical errors
• Birth injuries & cerebral palsy
• Hospital acquired infections
• ER and urgent care malpractice
• Medication errors
• Nursing home abuse

We provide dedicated legal guidance to clients in Brea, Fullerton, Placentia, Yorba Linda, La Habra, Buena Park, La Mirada, Whittier, Hacienda Heights, Rowland Heights, and all other cities and communities located throughout Northern Orange County. Our lawyers and professional support staff deliver compassionate aid and practical advice during every phase of the medical malpractice litigation process.

No amount of money can make up for the profound personal loss and lifestyle disruption arising from preventable healthcare negligence. Yet successfully obtaining compensation through medical malpractice settlements or jury awards can greatly assist with covering major expenses over a lifetime, including:

• Ongoing medical treatment & therapy
• In-home care assistance
• Specialized equipment (wheelchairs, hospital beds, mobility devices)
• Home accessibility modifications
• Rehabilitation services & facilities
• Lost income and loss of future earnings
• Pain and suffering damages

• Complete transparency regarding your case status
• Meticulous independent investigation of your claim
• Building the strongest possible legal argument to maximize financial recovery
• Allowing you to focus on healing while we handle legal processes
• No recovery, no fee guarantee - no upfront costs to retain our law firm

Brea and surrounding cities are served by some of the most prominent hospital networks and medical facilities in Orange County and Southern California.

St. Jude Medical Center is a respected 143-bed nonprofit community hospital providing comprehensive care across more than 30 specialties. Areas of specialty include cancer care, cardiology, orthopedics, maternity services, chronic kidney disease treatment, wound healing, and emergency medicine. With a state-of-the-art expansion completed in 2019, St. Jude Medical Center continues to grow as a leading healthcare provider for Brea residents and neighboring communities. https://www.stjudemedicalcenter.org/

Part of the Tenet Health network, Placentia-Linda Hospital offers award-winning care close to home for Eastern Brea neighborhoods. This 127-bed acute care hospital provides surgical services, orthopedics, stroke treatment, maternity care, cancer care, pulmonary medical services, intensive care and more. Offering both inpatient and outpatient treatment, Placentia-Linda Hospital serves a vital role for families throughout Northern Orange County. https://www.placentialinda.com/

Located just 8 miles from Brea in Orange County’s city of Orange, UCI Health Medical Center provides world-class specialty care including top-ranked cancer, neurology, and cardiology treatment. This state-of-the-art facility affiliated with UC Irvine School of Medicine also offers advanced surgery options, organ transplantation, physical rehabilitation, psychiatric services, and general medical care. https://www.ucihealth.org/medical-center

Along with legal representation for Brea residents, Moseley Collins Law provides medical error litigation services to clients harmed by healthcare negligence throughout Northern Orange County cities and communities including:

• Fullerton
• Placentia
• Yorba Linda
• La Habra
• La Mirada
• Whittier
• Buena Park
• Anaheim Hills
• Hacienda Heights
• Rowland Heights
• And all other local cities and towns throughout the region

Over four decades, our firm has represented clients damaged by negligent, reckless, or willfully harmful actions of doctors, nurses, surgeons, specialists, dentists, nursing homes, therapists, OBGYNs, orthopedists, hospital systems, urgent care centers, clinics, pharmacists and other medical providers in the Brea area and across Orange County.

If errors, negligent oversight, or deviations from reasonable duty of care at any phase of diagnosis, treatment, surgery, aftercare, prescriptions, or other services caused you or a loved one catastrophic harm - we strongly encourage you to connect with our legal team for a free consultation regarding your medical injury case.

When investigating instances of potential medical negligence, our lawyers leave no stone unturned while working diligently to:

• Obtain and thoroughly review all medical documentation
• Identify each medically negligent act or omission
• Prove how deviations from accepted standards directly caused damages
• Interview all parties involved to establish sequence of events
• Consult leading medical experts across specialties to validate claims
• Refute any allegation that patient negligence shared blame
• Prepare Duck case for success in settlement negotiations or trial

With meticulous case preparation guided by compassion, our lawyers have recovered millions for clients locally and statewide. We work on contingency charging no fees unless we win you financial damages - so the risks and burdens of medical injury litigation never fall upon your shoulders alone.

Being injured or losing a loved one due to medical negligence can leave you and your family facing immense emotional, physical, and financial hardships. You deserve compassionate legal advocates by your side to help recover damages, hold negligent parties fully accountable, and most importantly – provide real support so you can move forward.

Moseley Collins Law has over four decades of in-depth expertise specifically litigating complex medical malpractice cases for catastrophically injured clients and grieving families nationwide. When medical errors cause severe, life-changing paralysis, brain damage, wrongful death or other major harm, please call 800-426-5546 now for your free case evaluation from our caring team of lawyers.

Patients and families seeking legal counsel regarding medical negligence cases often have several common questions at the outset. Please read below for clear answers addressing some frequent areas of inquiry:

Specialized medical malpractice lawyers handle cases involving physical, mental or financial damage caused by substandard healthcare rather than disease or other underlying clinical factors. By thoroughly investigating mistakes and building strong legal arguments demonstrating breach of duty, these lawyers hold providers accountable and work to recover costs of injuries and losses on the patient's behalf.

To have grounds to file a medical negligence lawsuit, three key elements must be established:

1. Proof a health provider's actions fell below reasonable duty of care owed to patients under the circumstances. This often involves reviewing industry standards for diagnosis/treatment of specific conditions and examining how care failed to meet expectations.
2. Evidence showing how substandard medical care directly resulted in additional injuries, compared to the patient's underlying condition. The damages incurred must involve disability, expenses, losses beyond what was initially present when first seeking healthcare.
3. Confirming through expert testimony that the harms would not have occurred if proper medical care had been delivered. By proving injuries resulted specifically because of subpar treatment rather than the natural progression of disease, our lawyers demonstrate grounds for malpractice compensation.

In personal injury law regarding healthcare, negligence generally refers to a medical professional’s failure to provide ordinary prudence and reasonable duty of care either through acts of commission (performing improper actions) or through omission by overlooking necessary interventions. Deviations from reasonable standards of care that directly result in further patient injuries can constitute grounds for a medical malpractice claim, given sufficient supporting evidence.

Exact monetary damages pursued depend heavily on the unique situation and losses incurred. But some common categories of malpractice injury compensation include:

• Medical costs - Any additional hospital/doctor expenses needed to treat further injuries
• Rehabilitation services - Accessing specialists, facilities, equipment for recovery
• Loss of income & future earnings - Both prior income loss and reduced future ability to work
• Pain and suffering - Monies allowing better quality of life despite impairment
• Wrongful death expenses - Funeral costs, loss of companionship, punitive damages

Quality representation costs little to nothing upfront. Most medical malpractice lawyers work on contingency fees, meaning they front case expenses and then recoup their investment percentage only when they secure a settlement or jury award for the client. This ensures affordable access to justice for all malpractice victims.

We hope these insights help address common initial questions raised after harmful incidents of medical negligence. Please do not hesitate to reach out now at 800-426-5546 for a free consultation if our Brea medical malpractice lawyers can be of service. Sincere regards to you and your family during this difficult time - we are here to help.