Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Attorney Max Kennerly – Specializing In Missed Diagnosis, Surgery Complications, Birth / Delivery Negligence, and Medication Errors
For fifty years, The Beasley Firm has set the standard for representing patients in medical malpractice cases, including obtaining the two highest compensatory damage awards in Pennsylvania, $100 million for a baby girl paralyzed at birth due to delivery mismanagement and $55 million for a boy brain damaged by vascular surgery. In 2008, I was proud to join that record-breaking tradition as co-counsel for the parents of an 18-year who died as a result of plastic surgery; the jury awarded her family $20.5 million, $15 million of it in punitive damages, the largest punitive damages in a Pennsylvania medical malpractice case, in a venue where defendants win 75% of trials. That verdict was then upheld in appeal — also a rarity in large-verdict medical malpractice cases, and in punitive damages cases — in November 2010.
In addition to unparallel trial lawyers, our staff includes registered nurses and lawyers with medical degrees. We know the standard of care.
We know the screening algorithms for colorectal cancer, breast cancer, and prostrate cancer, when anemia, bleeding, or low hemocrit should indicate to a gastroenterologist or internist to order a workup.
We understand how surgeries should be performed, which injuries to the spine or to organs are not part of the normal risks, how post-operative hemorrhaging or vision loss / blindness is avoided, and when a general surgeron, orthopedic surgeon, or neurosurgeon has strayed outside their field or used an improper technique.
We are intimately familiar with obstetrics, and what fetal heart rates should indicate a problem, how shoulder dystocia should be managed when a baby gets stuck, when an emergency c-section should be ordered for fetal distress, when cerebral palsy was avoidable, and why babies are referred to head cooling for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy or to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for meconium aspiration.
And we apply that knowledge each and every day investigating, developing, litigating, advocating, and winning our cases.
A lot of patients or their survivors come to us just looking for answers, not knowing if they want to file a lawsuit. That’s okay; our expert nurses, doctors, and lawyers will review your case free of charge. If we don’t think the physician or hospital was negligent in their care, we’ll tell you, and hopefully help bring closure to you. If we find evidence of negligence or malpractice, we’ll tell you why, and discuss with you your options. If you decide to go forward, we will fight for your right to full compensation, just like we’ve done for fifty years.
If you believe you are a victim of medical malpractice, use this form online, email me, or call us at 1-215-931-2634 for a free consultation.
