In medicine, the consequences of doing nothing can sometimes be just as disastrous as doing the wrong thing. For many reasons, doctors frequently fail to diagnose medical conditions that, if left untreated, can lead to serious injury and death. The tragedy is that if the proper diagnosis is given, the disease can often be caught in its early stages. At the Scanlan Law Group, we have extensive experience in failure to diagnose cases, and we take the necessary action to help those who have been victimized by a doctor's failure to diagnose.

A failure to diagnose case can take many forms. It can involve the doctor's failure to recognize symptoms of certain conditions; a failure to perform standard testing to screen for certain conditions; or a simple misdiagnosis. A common failure to diagnose claim involves cancer. Due to the time sensitivity of this horrific disease, a physician's failure to diagnose cancer can result in death, in addition to extremely costly medical bills and pain and suffering-both for the patient as well as his or her family.

Failure to diagnose cases are very difficult to win. The victim must establish not only that the doctor failed to diagnose the condition in question, but also that had the doctor properly diagnosed the condition, the doctor would have been able to prevent the disease from occurring or spreading. Accordingly, failure to diagnose cases frequently turn on the ability of expert medical witnesses to conclusively establish the difficult element of causation.

At the Scanlan Law Group, we have extensive experience in failure to diagnose cases, and we know what it takes to bring these cases to a successful conclusion. Accordingly, if you believe that you have been victimized by a doctor's failure to diagnose your condition, or if you know of someone affected by a failure to diagnose, or if you have any questions on this issue, please contact the Scanlan Law Group for a free initial consultation.