A missed or delayed diagnosis can mean the difference between recovery and tragedy. If a doctor's failure to diagnose caused you harm, you may have a malpractice claim.
Expert information to help you understand your rights and options
Failure to diagnose is one of the most common forms of medical malpractice. This guide explains what must be proven—the standard of care, how it was breached, and that timely diagnosis would have improved outcomes—along with the evidence needed to build a strong case.
Even when delayed diagnosis does not directly cause death, patients can recover for lost chances of survival. Learn how this legal doctrine works, which states recognize loss of chance claims, and how damages are calculated based on reduced survival statistics.
Delayed cancer diagnosis often allows treatable cancers to become terminal. Learn what constitutes diagnostic negligence in oncology, how attorneys prove earlier detection would have changed outcomes, and what damages families recover in cancer misdiagnosis cases.
Missed heart attacks and undiagnosed cardiac conditions cause preventable deaths daily. Learn how diagnostic errors occur in emergency rooms and primary care, what symptoms doctors should recognize, and how to pursue compensation when delays cause permanent heart damage.
Undiagnosed infections can progress to sepsis, organ failure, and death within hours. Understand how emergency rooms miss critical infections, what symptoms should trigger immediate testing, and how families pursue wrongful death claims after missed diagnoses.
Stroke treatment is time-critical—every minute of delay destroys brain tissue. When emergency rooms dismiss stroke symptoms as migraines or vertigo, patients suffer permanent disability. Learn how stroke misdiagnosis claims work and what damages victims recover.