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I was having complications with my pregnancy I went to the hospital and they didn't check me really good the next day early in the morning I ended up going into labor giving birth to a premature baby which cause him to have fluid on the brain 3 surgies and he has a shunt we was at Wheaton hospital they told me everything was fine with my baby they did a ultrasound on his head told me everything was ok the next day when I leave I get a call saying my baby have to go to Illinois because of fluid I just don't understand what could happened so quick if everything was fine the day before I believe everything could of been prevented if they would of checked me out thoroughly the day before I went into premature labor now my son has a lot of complications do you think I have a case
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It is impossible to tell from your post whether you have a viable medical malpractice case or not. First off, I am terribly sorry to hear about your baby. This is a heartbreaking story. It certainly sounds like the case could be complicated and there might be something there. Medical malpractice cases are very difficult to pursue in Wisconsin anymore, but not impossible. I wrote a blog at our firm's web site about the difficulties of pursuing such a case. The Milwaukee Journal- Sentinel did an excellent article about the difficulties last year as well. The statute of limitations on medical mallpractice cases in Wisconsin is 3 years. If you fail to file a lawsuit within three years, the case would be forever barred. I suggest you request all of the clinical records, hospital records and obstetrician's records and make an immediate appointment to sit down with an experienced medical malpractice lawyer of your choice to determine if you have a case. They will review the records and if they think there is something there, they will hire an outside expert (medical doctor) to review the rcords to determine if you have a viable claim.
Answered on Sep 01st, 2016 at 3:41 PM
David B. Karp Karp & Iancu, S.C. 933 North Mayfair Road #300 Milwaukee, WI 53226 414 453 0800 dbk@karplawfirm.com www.karplawfirm.com