Casco, MI Personal Injury Law Firms & Lawyers

It depends on the totality of the circumstances, your and the authorities actions. See an attorney with details. Such case are difficult but can lead to compensation if there is a provable wrong.

While you can always sue a doctor for medical malpractice the important questions are whether you have a chance at winning your case. At it's core, to win your malpractice case you must prove that your surgeon did or did not do something that the majority of other surgeons performing the same spinal fusion surgery would have done it differently. In most cases, you need another surgeon to testify that your surgeon violated the standard of care for surgeons performing spinal fusion surgery. Just because you ended up with a bad result does not necessarily mean that your did something wrong. There are always risks, complications and possible side effects with most medical procedures especially surgery. There are other requirements you must prove to win your case but the one listed above is usually the most difficult to prove. As I am not a surgeon I cannot answer whether your surgeon committed malpractice. Key questions that would need to be answered include, but are not limited to: (1) what caused your hardware to break your back; (2) should the surgeon have known that the hardware broke your back; and (3) whether, had the surgeon realized the problem with the hardware sooner, your surgeon could have prevented your nerve damage and pain. You should talk to a medical malpractice attorney to learn more about your rights and options.