The attorneys in the medical malpractice group have defended virtually every type of health care provider liability and medical malpractice lawsuit filed in the Pacific Northwest. The firm represents individual physicians and dentists, managed care organizations, health plans, clinics, nursing homes, hospitals, nurse practitioners, assisted living facilities and allied health professionals. On average, this group tries more cases to verdict each year than any other firm in Oregon.
The group has extensive experience defending birth injury cases, failure to diagnose cancer claims, negligent surgery claims, anesthesiology claims, and all other types of malpractice claims. Several attorneys in the group routinely represent mental health care professionals in claims alleging transference, inappropriate boundary issue claims and failure to prevent suicide or violent conduct claims. The firm also routinely represents two hospitals in all types of claims alleging malpractice.