A Doctor’s Mistake Can Mean A Lifelong Injury
When you go to a medical professional, you trust that everything possible will be done to care for your medical condition. Medical care isn’t an area that leaves room for errors or negligence. When a doctor makes medical errors and violates the standard of care, it can result in a serious health problem.
Free Consultation and No Attorney Fees Unless You Recover Compensation
Winckler, Harvey & McConnell, LLP, is one of the prominent medical malpractice law firms serving the litigation needs of clients throughout Texas. From our office in Austin, our medical malpractice attorneys represent clients injured by medical negligence in communities throughout the state. We have a record of success across a full range of personal injury and wrongful death claims involving medical malpractice.
If you were injured because of a mistake made by a doctor, hospital, surgeon, or other health care provider, contact our law firm to discuss your circumstances. We offer a free consultation. If we agree to move forward on your claim, you will not pay attorney fees unless we are able to recover compensation from the negligent parties.
Jay Harvey is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has been included on the Best Lawyers list since 2006. He has served as president of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association and currently serves on its board.
Sean A. McConnell has been selected for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers’ Rising Stars list since 2020 and serves on the Texas Trial Lawyers Association board of directors.
Sean and Jay have each received a gold AV rating* through Martindale-Hubbell’s peer review process.
Founder Jay Winckler is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has been included on the Best Lawyers list since 2009.
Our legal team’s combined in-depth knowledge and skill in handling complex litigation have given them a distinct ability to achieve favorable results for a wide range of clients.
Cases We Handle
We represent people in all areas of medical malpractice, including:
- Birth injuries impacting mother, baby or both
- Traumatic brain injuries (including injuries to newborns)
- Surgical errors
- Anesthesia errors
- Failure to diagnose and treat heart attack and other conditions with medical treatments
- Nursing home negligence
Whether a medical professional’s negligence has resulted in brain injury, birth trauma, paralysis or another serious injury, shortened life span or wrongful death, we will take action with a medical malpractice lawsuit.
We will identify and take action against any and all parties whose negligence contributed to the patient’s injuries, from doctors to nurses to the hospitals themselves.
How Do You Know When It Might Be Malpractice?
Medical malpractice isn’t always obvious. The field of medicine – not to mention the human body – is exceedingly complex. In these cases, an expert review and report by a doctor or specialist is critical to determining whether negligence occurred.
Negligence can take many forms, including:
- Failing to make a timely and accurate diagnosis
- Making mistakes during surgery
- Cutting corners
- Misinterpreting test results
- Failing to order the right tests
- Failing to take a thorough medical history
- Overlooking dangerous drug interactions
- Administering the wrong drug (or wrong dosage)
Unfortunately, when it comes to medicine, there are many gray areas. Treatments involve risks. Diagnoses may take time to unfold. Changes in symptoms may require multiple visits. And, ultimately, no outcome is guaranteed.
Learn more about what amounts to malpractice versus what doesn’t.
How Long Will Your Case Take To Resolve?
Medical malpractice cases vary by their jurisdiction. Some judges make decisions based on evidence that requires additional investigation. Courts in different counties handle things in unique ways and run on different timelines. No attorney should try to tell you how long your case will take to resolve. Litigation is often complex and the health care providers and their insurance companies will do everything possible to discourage and delay a fair settlement.
From the very start, we educate our clients about time frames and other aspects of the medical malpractice claims process.
We Invite You To Learn More At Our Significant Cases Page
Call us toll free at 512-593-7399 or contact us by email to arrange a free consultation with one of our lawyers.
*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review RatingTM fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.