Children’s Medical Center Plano Malpractice Lawyer

Trial-Ready Hospital Negligence Attorneys for Children’s Medical Center Plano Patients and Families

The Types of Children’s Medical Center Plano Lawsuits Our Hospital Malpractice Attorneys Handle

Hastings Law Firm brings Children’s Medical Center Plano lawsuits for families in Plano, Texas, involving pediatric surgery, children’s heart care, and emergency room diagnosis. Our hospital malpractice lawyers start every claim from the child’s full chart and test it with qualified medical experts. We use that work to show where a child’s care went wrong and what the harm has cost the family.

The cases we see most often at a children’s hospital like Children’s Medical Center Plano include:

• Pediatric surgery errors. Errors can occur during a child’s operation, in the anesthesia that keeps the child asleep, or in the monitoring once surgery ends, in general and orthopedic procedures alike. A child may need a second operation, more days in the hospital, and additional recovery time, and some injuries stay with a child into adulthood. Our Dallas surgical error lawyers check each stage of the procedure, from the anesthesia plan to the first hours of recovery, against the operative record.
• Heart care errors in children. A heart problem in a child may not be recognized or treated in time, or an error can occur during a cardiac procedure or in the follow-up care after it. A child can be left with permanent heart damage, further procedures, and years of added treatment. Our Dallas doctor malpractice lawyers trace when each physician had the information to act and what was done with it.
• Emergency room diagnosis delays in children. A child’s serious illness or injury may be missed, misread, or treated late, including a seizure disorder, a breathing emergency, a digestive emergency, or an infection. Time lost in the emergency room can allow a treatable condition to leave permanent harm. Our Dallas pediatric malpractice lawyers match the child’s symptoms at each point of the visit against the tests ordered and the time each result came back.

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

About Children’s Medical Center Plano on Preston Road

Children’s Medical Center Plano is a hospital at 7601 Preston Road in Plano, Texas, and part of the nonprofit Children’s Health system. The hospital has more than 200 beds, according to its campus page. Its services include a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), a Level II Children’s Surgery Center, and a Heart Center.

Emergency care for children is provided in the Pediatric Emergency Room (ER), which has its own address on Preston Road. The hospital states that a pediatric emergency medicine physician is on staff at all times. Children’s Health’s transport team can move a child who needs the most severe injury care to its Level I trauma center in Dallas.

The Heart Center’s physicians are from UT Southwestern and Pediatric Heart Specialists, in the hospital’s own words. The campus also lists gastroenterology, pulmonology, the Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, and the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit among its services.

In a single illness, a child may move from the emergency room into surgery or the PICU, and every team involved keeps separate records. A full picture of what happened means reading all of those charts together. Our Plano medical malpractice lawyers do that work for families across the city.

We also represent families of patients at Children’s Medical Center Dallas, another hospital in the Children’s Health system. Our clients include families of patients at two other Plano hospitals, Medical City Plano and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano.

Can You File a Lawsuit Against Children’s Medical Center Plano, the Doctor, or Both?

Parents may be able to sue Children’s Medical Center Plano, their child’s doctor, or both, depending on whose care caused the child’s injury and who employed each provider. Under Section 74.351 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, a qualified expert’s written report is due within 120 days of each defendant’s original answer.

The hospital is responsible for negligence by the nurses and other staff it employs. It is also responsible for its own decisions as an institution. Each physician is responsible for the care he or she provided, so a claim can name the hospital and a doctor together when both contributed to a child’s injury.

Not every doctor a family meets at Children’s Plano is necessarily employed by the hospital. The Heart Center’s physicians, for example, come from UT Southwestern and Pediatric Heart Specialists. The records identify each provider’s employer, and that determines whom a Children’s Medical Center Plano lawsuit names.

Settling that question is one of the first tasks for a lawyer to sue a hospital on a child’s behalf. Treating children carries real risk, and a disappointing outcome is not proof of negligence. If the harm to a child was preventable, the providers responsible should be held accountable.

Our Dallas hospital malpractice lawyers cover hospital responsibility under Texas law in more depth.

Does the Medical Expert in a Children’s Medical Center Plano Case Have to Practice Pediatric Medicine Under Texas Law?

Texas law does not require the medical expert in a Children’s Medical Center Plano claim against a physician to hold a pediatric title. Under Section 74.401 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, the expert must be a practicing physician who knows the accepted standards for the injured child’s medical condition. Whether an expert qualifies by training or experience is for the court to decide.

The expert must be practicing medicine when testifying, or must have been practicing when the claim arose. In judging training and experience, the court considers whether the expert is board certified or has substantial training or experience relevant to the claim. It also considers whether the expert actively practices in care relevant to the claim.

A different rule covers a nurse or another individual health care provider. Under Section 74.402, that expert must practice in a field involving the same type of care the provider gave.

In a claim about a child’s care, the relevant training and practice is usually in caring for children with the same condition. Choosing the expert is therefore part of building the case from the first review. Our nationwide network of medical experts lets us match each provider in the chart with an expert in that kind of care. Our Texas pediatric malpractice lawyers bring claims for injured children throughout the state.

How We Work With Families of Injured Children’s Medical Center Plano Patients

Hastings Law Firm represents parents in Plano, Texas, in malpractice claims when a child was harmed during care at Children’s Medical Center Plano. Our team carries the claim through each stage, from collecting records and expert opinions to negotiating a settlement or trying the case.

A member of our intake team answers your first call, which a parent or any family member can place. Describe what happened, the parts of the hospital your child passed through, and anyone you can name. Our team works to make sure you are heard, since your description guides the first steps of our review.

We obtain your child’s full medical file for you. Our attorneys and medical professionals study the emergency notes, operative and anesthesia records, PICU charting, and medication records. That reading shows what was done, what was left undone, and at what time. When our hospital negligence lawyers accept a case, the chart and the experts who interpret it become its foundation.

Once we represent your family, the hospital, its insurer, and its lawyers deal with us instead of with you. Our board-certified patient advocates stay in contact with you and explain each development in plain language. Our hospital malpractice attorneys negotiate for a settlement measured against the full cost of your child’s injury. If the offers fall short, we are prepared to take your case to a jury.

If You or a Loved One Were Injured at Children’s Medical Center Plano, Speak With Our Medical Attorneys Today

For families in Plano, Texas, whose child was hurt during care at Children’s Medical Center Plano, Hastings Law Firm performs a free case review of a possible malpractice claim. In that review, our lawyers learn what happened, look at who may be responsible, and tell you whether your family has a valid claim.

Our team is here for you, along with our Dallas medical malpractice lawyers who represent families across the region. What you share with us stays confidential, and there is no fee unless we win. Let us help you find the answers you deserve.