When you’re suffering from a serious injury or illness, one of the most important steps in your treatment involves correctly and timely diagnosing your condition. Diagnosis involves identifying the nature and severity of an illness or injury so you know how to treat it and prevent it from getting worse. Unfortunately, thousands of people in Arizona and across the country suffer ill effects from diagnostic errors every year. If you were harmed as a result of your provider’s failure to diagnose, you may be entitled to seek compensation in a medical malpractice claim. At the law firm of Mushkatel ..read more

If you suspect you were the victim of medical malpractice in Arizona, you might be entitled to significant compensation. Taking on a medical provider can be challenging, but you can seek the answers and justice you deserve with the right attorney on your side. One of the questions you might have for your attorney is, “Will my case settle, or will it have to go to trial?” Here, we’ll discuss the statistics regarding medical malpractice claims, what makes these cases so challenging to win, and how the Arizona medical malpractice attorneys of Mushkatel, Robbins & Becker, PLLC, are prepared to ..read more

A medical malpractice claim could allow you to recover compensation for the losses you have suffered due to negligent care on the part of a medical professional in Phoenix. Compensation could include payments for the pain and trauma you have experienced, expenses incurred because of subsequent medical care, and income you have lost while unable to work, among other losses. For your medical malpractice claim to be successful, you will need to prove negligence on the part of the medical professional or healthcare provider who treated you. Proving negligence can be difficult, which is why it is c ..read more

Healthcare providers have an ethical and legal responsibility to provide a specific standard of care to injured or ill patients. When they fail in this duty, and someone is harmed or killed as a result, they should be held legally and financially accountable. The victim or their family should get the answers they deserve and collect appropriate compensation for their losses. Unfortunately, a vast number of medical errors go unreported. As a result, far too many patients suffer severe harm, worsening illness, or – in the worst-case scenarios – pass away due to negligent care. If you suffered ha ..read more

We trust surgeons and other doctors to provide responsible medical care when needed, especially if we are dealing with a severe injury or illness. If they need to perform surgery, we have a right to expect them to operate with professionalism and skill. But what happens if a surgeon makes a mistake due to carelessness or inattention, and you suffer complications as a result? At the law firm of Mushkatel, Robbins & Becker, PLLC, our medical malpractice attorneys understand how complications from surgery can endanger your life and your livelihood. We are committed to helping injured patients ..read more

If you suffered an injury or became ill due to the negligence of a doctor, surgeon, nurse, or another medical professional, you might be wondering about your rights and legal options. Patients harmed by malpractice on the part of a medical professional or facility could be eligible to seek compensation for the losses they have incurred. Some common mistakes frequently lead to medical malpractice claims. In this article, Mushkatel, Robbins & Becker, PLLC, discusses the five most common causes of medical malpractice cases, such as those we handle in Arizona. To learn more about whether you m ..read more

Over the past several years, society has grown accustomed to having most of the words we say and movements we make on a daily basis recorded – often without our consent. Certain situations, however, demand that we enjoy a high level of privacy. One example of such a situation is when we are undergoing sensitive or invasive medical procedures. Few of us would want to be recorded while naked (or semi-naked) and in an unconscious state while being operated on by surgeons. Yet, according to The Washington Post, some states are in the midst of passing bills that would allow what goes on inside an o ..read more