Purchase & George Bring Unique Skills to Medical Malpractice Cases

Medical carelessness is the leading cause of death and injury in the United States today, despite recent advances in the technology and technique of health care delivery. An estimated 98,000 people die every year as a result of medical errors and countless more are injured, often permanently, as a result of avoidable medical mistakes.

What is Medical Malpractice?

Medical malpractice is the failure to adequately diagnose or treat a patient. When that failure results in injury to the patient, such as when a doctor assumes a condition is harmless and thus fails to order tests that would have revealed a life threatening condition in time to have saved the patient or when the wrong medication is ordered or provided to a patient and the patient dies or is injured, the patient or her survivors are entitled to recover compensation for their harms and losses.

Purchase & George Represents People Who Have Been Injured by Medical Negligence

If you've been seriously injured or lost a loved one as result of a medical mistake, or if you suspect such a mistake is involved but have not been able to get meaningful answers from your doctor or hospital, the experienced Erie medical malpractice lawyers at Purchase & George can help.

Eric Purchase and Tim George are experienced Erie attorneys who can represent you from the initial investigation of your medical malpractice case to its final resolution.

Contact us toll free at (888) 870-3499 or locally at (814) 833-7100 for a free consultation if you've been seriously hurt or lost a loved one because of medical malpractice.

The Investigation of Your Medical Negligence Case is Critical

Some medical mistakes are obvious, like wrong site surgeries where the surgeon is to amputate the left leg but instead amputates the right leg. Most medical malpractice cases, however, require thorough investigation and analysis of complex medical issues.

Indeed, determining what happened and why is often why clients come to us. Doctors and hospitals are often reluctant to share the truth with families after a medical error. Medical records frequently do not reveal the complete truth. We conduct a vigorous investigation to collect available evidence and then we use the best experts and specialists to review your case, determine what happened and why and develop the best legal options for you.

How Purchase & George Helps People Injured by Medical Malpractice

It is not just our thorough investigation and analysis stragies that set us apart. We have a unique combination of legal experience that benefits our clients. Prior to 2006, Mr. Purchase represented one of the region's largest hospitals and defended cases involving complex medical issues. Between 2008 and 2010, Mr. Purchase also served as one of the only independent, volunteer community members on St. Vincent Health Center's Institutional Review Board (also known as an independent ethics committee) where he worked to protect the rights and well being of patients involved in experimental studies. Now, Mr. Purchase actively represents injured people and their families in cases against area hospitals and physicians who negligently cause harm. Mr. George is a former prosecutor and military lawyer. He understands the ins and outs of the courtroom and how to prepare cases for trial.

This experience distinguishes Mr. Purchase and Mr. George among Erie medical malpractice attorneys and helps them to represent you.

The Erie Medical Malpractice Lawyers at Purchase & George Offer You Helpful Information

We provide more information on medical malpractice, including safety tips, in our medical malpractice library. You'll find specific articles on the particular medical malpractice areas we handle at Purchase & George, including:

      * Birth Injuries

      * Pediatric Malpractice

      *  Obstetrical/Midwife Malpractice

      * Failure to Diagnose Cancer

      * Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer

      * Failure to Diagnose and Misdiagnosis of Other Conditions

      * Brain Injuries

      * Medication Errors

      * Hospital Negligence

      * Surgical Errors

Working With Eric Purchase & Tim George

Purchase & George are Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawyers with a strong commitment to making things right for our clients. We get to know each one of our clients, and their families, and we limit the number of cases that we take in order to give each client the personal attention that he or she deserves.

If you'd like more information, call the Erie medical malpractice lawyers at Purchase & George toll free at (888) 870-3499 or locally at (814) 833-7100 for a free consultation.

Purchase & George, P.C. are injury lawyers representing clients throughout Northwest PA including in Erie County, Erie, North East, Fairview, Edinboro, McKean, Girard, Springfield, Albion, Union City, Corry, Crawford County, Meadville, Linesville, Conneaut Lake, Cambridge Springs, Warren County, Warren, Venango County, Franklin, Oil City, Mercer County, Jefferson County, Brookville, Clarion County, Clarion, Northwest Harborcreek, McKean County, Bradford, Kane, DuBois, Sugarcreek, Waterford, and Punxsutawney.

Blog for Medical Malpractice

Library for Medical Malpractice:

Erie Cancer Misdiagnosis Story Depressingly Familiar
If a delay in cancer diagnosis has harmed your chances of recovery, call the Erie, Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawyers: 814-833-7100/888-870-3499.
Jury Returns $1.97 Million Verdict in Gynecological Surgery Malpractice Case
Victim of a medical mistake in Pennsylvania? We can help. Call for a free consult with an Erie medical malpractice lawyer today. 814-833-7100/888-870-3499.
Babies Born at Night (or in Rural Hospitals) More Likely to Suffer Brain Injury
Babies are at risk of brain injury if born at night. You can get free info or help from PA Malpractice Lawyers here or call 814-833-7100 toll free 888-870-3499
Pennsylvania House Bill Shields Doctors Who Admit Fault [PDF]
Pennsylvania's legislature is continuing its work to take away citizen rights. The latest? House Bill 495 which prevents Pennsylvania medical malpractice juries from knowing when a doctor admits that a drug or alcohol problem caused the doctor to hurt a patient or is otherwise at fault.
Should All Surgeries be Videotaped?
If you or a loved one has suffered from a surgical error, you may be frustrated in just figuring out what happened. Noone in the O.R. will talk and the operative report reads like a summary of a textbook operation. Still, something went terribly wrong. Why can't you find out what happened and why? The technology is here to cheaply and easily videotape these procedures and it may be time to introduce recording devices to the O.R.
Medication Errors/Dosage Errors
If you or someone you love was harmed as a result of a medication error, including dosage mistakes or wrong medication errors, you'll want answers and you may be entitled to compensation. The Erie medical malpractice lawyers at Purchase & George want to help.
Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis/Delay in Diagnosis
If you or someone you love was harmed as a result of failure to diagnose or a misdiagnosis of breast cancer, you'll want answers and you may be entitled to compensation. The Erie medical malpractice lawyers at Purchase & George want to help.
Erie Cancer Misdiagnosis Lawyers
If you or someone you love was harmed as a result of failure to diagnose or a misdiagnosis of cancer, you'll want answers and you may be entitled to compensation. The successful medical malpractice lawyers at Purchase & George want to help.
Colon Cancer, Rectal Cancer and Colorectal Cancer
If you or someone you love was harmed as a result of failure to diagnose or a misdiagnosis of colon cancer, you'll want answers and you may be entitled to compensation. The Erie medical malpractice lawyers at Purchase & George want to help.
Misdiagnosis/Failure to Diagnose Childhood Cancer
If your child was harmed as a result of failure to diagnose or a misdiagnosis of a childhood cancer, you may need answers and you may want to protect your child's rights and ensure that your child's medical costs, long term care costs and future security are protected. Your child may be entitled to compensation and we'd like to help.
Misdiagnosis/Failure to Diagnose Ewing's Sarcoma
If you've lost a child as a result of failure to diagnose or a misdiagnosis of Ewings Sarcoma, you may need answers and you may be entitled to compensation. We'd like to help.
Pediatric Malpractice
If your child was injured as a result of failure to diagnose or properly manage a childhood illness or condition, you may want to protect your child's rights and ensure that your child's medical costs, long term care costs and future security are protected. Your child may be entitled to compensation and we'd like to help.
Pediatric Misdiagnosis/Failure to Diagnose
If your child was injured as a result of failure to diagnose or a misdiagnosis, you may want to protect your child's rights and ensure that your child's medical costs, long term care costs and future security are protected. Your child may be entitled to compensation and we'd like to help.
Birth Asphyxia
If you suspect your child was injured because of oxygen deprivation during childbirth, a condition known as birth asphyxia or birth depression, you may want to protect your child's rights to compensation.
Obstetrical/Midwife Malpractice
If you or your child was injured as a result of failure to diagnose or properly manage a pregnancy complication, you may be entitled to compensation for medical costs, long term care costs and other harms.
Pediatric Meningitis
Physicians who ignore the signs of pediatric meningitis expose children to terrible risks, including brain damage and even death. If your child was misdiagnosed and suffered severe injury from meningitis, we'd like to help.
Birth Injuries
Birth injuries can range from the comparatively mild to the catastrophic. Compared to just a few decades ago, serious birth injuries are an unusual event. Still, serious birth injuries occur and many of them are completely avoidable. If your child was injured in birth, you may have questions about how you will protect your child, provide the best medical care and ensure her financial security.
Tips to Avoid Wrong Site Surgery
Believe it or not, surgeons sometimes operate on the wrong thing. Patients have been mixed up with one another. Other times, surgeons just get confused about which part of the body is to be operated upon, mixing up the right leg for the left, for example. There are things you can do to minimize your chances of being victimized by confused surgeons or hospital staff.
Seven Secrets to Avoid Being the Victim of a Medical Mistake
There are simple things you can do to minimize your chances of being the victim of a medical mistake. Many of these techniques are simple consumer techniques with which you are already familiar. Others involve using resources that are readily available on the web. If you or someone you love is facing a medical procedure, a long term condition or just needs regular care, read this to find out what you can do to protect yourself from carelessness of your medical providers.