Baylor Scott & White Orthopedic and Spine Hospital Arlington Malpractice Lawyer

Trial-Ready Hospital Negligence Attorneys for Baylor Scott & White Orthopedic and Spine Hospital Arlington Patients and Families

The Types of Baylor Scott & White Orthopedic and Spine Hospital Lawsuits Our Hospital Malpractice Attorneys Handle

Hastings Law Firm takes on Baylor Scott & White Orthopedic and Spine Hospital Arlington lawsuits arising from spine surgery, joint replacement, and postoperative care for patients in Arlington, Texas. Our hospital malpractice lawyers build each lawsuit from the operative, anesthesia, implant, and recovery records. Our attorneys then measure that care against what a careful surgical team would have done and document what the injury has taken from the patient.

The cases we see most often at an orthopedic and spine hospital like Baylor Scott & White Orthopedic and Spine Hospital include:

• Spine surgery errors. A nerve root or the spinal cord can be injured, the operation can be performed at the wrong level of the spine, or screws and rods can be placed in the wrong position, including during robot-assisted procedures. A spinal fluid leak or a bleed that goes unrecognized can leave weakness, numbness, or pain that changes how a person works and moves. Our Texas spine surgeon malpractice lawyers set the operative report beside the imaging taken during and after the procedure.
• Joint replacement and other orthopedic surgery errors. An implant can be sized or positioned wrongly, a nerve or blood vessel can be damaged during knee, hip, shoulder, hand, wrist, foot, or ankle surgery, or the operation can be done on the wrong site. The patient may then face additional recovery time, a revision operation, and lost mobility. Our Fort Worth surgical error lawyers read the implant log and operative notes against the surgical plan.
• Postoperative complications, including infection, blood clots, and anesthesia errors. Anesthesia can be dosed wrongly or an airway mishandled, and a patient’s oxygen levels and blood pressure can go unmonitored in recovery. A clot, bleed, or wound infection can be caught late, or a patient can be discharged with a warning sign still unanswered, leading to a return to the hospital, another operation, or the loss of a loved one. Our Fort Worth hospital infection lawyers line up the vital signs, nursing notes, and lab results against the time each was recorded.

While these are common claim types, our hospital malpractice attorneys handle any valid medical negligence case that arises at this hospital.

About Baylor Scott & White Orthopedic and Spine Hospital on Highlander Boulevard in Arlington

Baylor Scott & White Orthopedic and Spine Hospital Arlington is an orthopedic and spine hospital at 707 Highlander Blvd in Arlington, Texas. It lists back and spine care, joint replacement, orthopedics, sports medicine, pain management, and robotic surgery among its services, with anesthesiology, imaging, and inpatient hospitalist care. Its Emergency Department is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

On its About page, the hospital describes itself as an affiliate of United Surgical Partners International. That page also states that physicians have “an ownership or investment interest” in the hospital.

The orthopedic procedures it lists include spine treatment, bunion treatment, carpal tunnel release, knee arthroscopy, meniscal transplants, and wrist arthroscopy. Its pages also describe hand and wrist care and foot and ankle care, with physical therapy and hand therapy rehabilitation among the treatments. The hospital names the Mako, ROSA, and TMINI robotic systems, and it uses mobile imaging equipment in the operating room.

Its emergency care page lists CT, MRI, X-ray, arthrograms, and myelograms among its imaging. After admission, a hospitalist, a physician who manages care during the stay, works with the orthopedic or spine surgeon to coordinate treatment and helps with discharge. A patient’s treatment can therefore move from the emergency room to surgery, the inpatient floor, and therapy, with each step charted separately.

Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, a Texas Health Resources hospital in Arlington, is among the other hospitals where our Arlington medical malpractice lawyers take on claims. Baylor Scott & White Surgical Hospital Fort Worth and Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center Fort Worth are separate facilities. Each is a Baylor Scott & White Health hospital in Fort Worth.

Can You File a Lawsuit Against Baylor Scott & White Orthopedic and Spine Hospital Arlington, the Surgeon, or Both?

A patient may be able to sue Baylor Scott & White Orthopedic and Spine Hospital Arlington, the surgeon, or both, depending on whose care caused the harm. Under Baptist Memorial Hospital System v. Sampson, a Texas hospital can answer for negligence by employees such as its nurses acting within the scope of their work. A surgeon or anesthesia provider answers for their own care.

Anesthesiology care at the hospital “will be provided by US Anesthesia Partners,” according to its own website. Whether each surgeon, nurse, and anesthesia provider was an employee or a contractor is a question of fact that the records settle. For a physician who is not an employee, one route to hospital responsibility is ostensible agency, which requires proof of all three of its elements.

A lawyer to sue a hospital starts by mapping each provider’s employer from the records. That map decides who a lawsuit against Baylor Scott & White Orthopedic and Spine Hospital names. Chapter 74 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code then sets two early steps. Each provider must get written notice at least 60 days before suit, and a qualified expert’s report is due within 120 days of each defendant’s answer.

Spine and joint surgery carry real risks, and a poor result does not by itself mean anyone was negligent. Where the harm could have been prevented, the providers whose care caused it should be held accountable. Our Fort Worth hospital malpractice lawyers review the records to identify which providers and facilities belong in the claim.

How Does the Texas Damages Limit Apply When More Than One Hospital Shares Responsibility After Orthopedic Surgery in Arlington?

After judgment against more than one health care institution, Section 74.301(c) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code caps noneconomic damages at $250,000 per claimant for each one. Together, those institutions are limited to $500,000 for each claimant. A single institution’s limit under Section 74.301(b) is $250,000 for each claimant.

Noneconomic damages are the losses that come without a bill, such as pain and disability. These limits reach only that part of a claim, and only after a judgment against the institutions. Medical bills, future care, and lost earnings are economic losses, which Section 74.301 does not limit.

Physicians and other providers that are not institutions fall under their own $250,000 limit for each claimant in Section 74.301(a). The institutional limits sit beside that one rather than inside it.

Orthopedic care can involve more than one hospital in ordinary ways. A patient might be seen first in one hospital’s emergency department and have surgery at another, or be readmitted elsewhere when a complication appears after going home. If a judgment is entered against two of those institutions, each carries its own $250,000 limit, inside the $500,000 combined figure.

Every one of these amounts applies “for each claimant,” in the statute’s words. Our attorneys use the records to identify every institution whose care is at issue early, because the number of liable institutions changes what can be recovered. Our Texas medical malpractice damage caps guide walks through each limit.

How We Work With Injured Baylor Scott & White Orthopedic and Spine Hospital Patients and Their Families

Hastings Law Firm’s hospital malpractice lawyers handle surgical negligence claims for patients and families in Arlington, Texas, injured at Baylor Scott & White Orthopedic and Spine Hospital Arlington. From the first phone call to a settlement or a verdict, we handle every stage of the claim. We also take that first call from a spouse, parent, or other relative when the patient cannot make it.

A member of our intake team answers your call, and your account of the surgery and recovery is where our review begins. We request the pre-operative assessment, consent forms, operative, anesthesia, implant, and hardware records, imaging from surgery, recovery notes and vital signs, hospitalist notes, and medication administration records. Emergency department records where care began there, admission and discharge dates, discharge instructions, physical therapy notes, and billing statements complete the file. When our hospital negligence lawyers accept a case, qualified medical experts help us interpret that file.

From then on, we speak for you with the hospital, its insurers, and its lawyers. Our board-certified patient advocates keep in touch with you and put each new development into plain language as it happens. Our hospital malpractice attorneys push for a settlement that covers what the injury has cost. If an offer falls short, we are prepared to take your case to a jury.

If You or a Loved One Were Injured at Baylor Scott & White Orthopedic and Spine Hospital, Speak With Our Medical Attorneys Today

Hastings Law Firm brings hospital malpractice claims for patients hurt during care at Baylor Scott & White Orthopedic and Spine Hospital Arlington, and for their families, in Arlington, Texas. Our attorneys examine the surgery, the anesthesia, and the recovery that followed to learn who may be responsible.

Our team is here for you. We perform a free case review to find out whether you have a valid claim, and your conversation with us is confidential. There is no fee unless we win. Let us help you find the answers you deserve.