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Medical Malpractice Claim Types
Browse medical malpractice issues by the decision, record, or care setting that needs review.
Updated: August 11, 2026
A claim-type page should help identify the right records and questions. It cannot determine negligence without state-law analysis and qualified medical review.
Diagnosis and delayed diagnosis
Questions about missed disease, delayed testing, referral, and communication.
MisdiagnosisWrong diagnosis, missed diagnosis, and delayed diagnosis questions.Failure To Diagnose CancerScreening, imaging, pathology, and referral delays.Stroke MisdiagnosisMissed warning signs, imaging, clot treatment, and delays.Heart Attack MisdiagnosisChest pain, ekg, troponin, discharge, and follow-up questions.Delayed TreatmentTesting delays, consult delays, transfer delays, and harm.Failure To ReferSpecialist referral, transfer, and escalation questions.Failure To TreatKnown diagnosis, delayed care, and worsening condition.Radiology ErrorMissed imaging findings, report communication, and follow-up.Lab ErrorSpecimen mix-up, delayed result, wrong result, and communication.
Surgery, procedures, and postoperative care
Procedure technique, monitoring, retained items, infection, and recovery.
Surgical ErrorWrong-site surgery, retained objects, nerve injury, and post-op failures.Postoperative NegligenceRecovery monitoring, infection, bleeding, and discharge.Retained Surgical ItemCount procedures, imaging, and corrective surgery.Infection After SurgerySterile technique, wound care, and post-op infection.Anesthesia ErrorAirway, monitoring, medication, and post-anesthesia complications.Cosmetic Surgery MalpracticeInformed consent, surgical technique, and complications.Orthopedic MalpracticeFracture care, joint surgery, hardware, and infection.Dental MalpracticeNerve injury, extraction error, anesthesia, and infection.Medical Device InjuryImplant, monitor, pump, and device-use questions.
Hospital, nursing, and facility care
Triage, monitoring, falls, pressure injury, discharge, staffing, and systems.
Emergency Room NegligenceTriage, discharge, testing, and delayed treatment questions.Hospital NegligenceSystems, staffing, infection control, and supervision questions.Nursing ErrorMedication, fall prevention, pressure injury, and monitoring.Failure To MonitorVital signs, alarms, post-op checks, and patient decline.Negligent DischargeUnsafe discharge, missing instructions, and readmission risk.Hospital FallFall risk screening, alarms, supervision, and injuries.Pressure UlcerTurning, skin checks, nutrition, and wound care.Elder Care MalpracticeHospital care, nursing care, pressure injuries, and falls.Wrong Patient ErrorIdentity checks, charting, medication, and procedure errors.
Pregnancy, birth, and pediatric care
Prenatal care, labor, fetal monitoring, delivery, newborn injury, and pediatric treatment.
Birth InjuryLabor, delivery, fetal monitoring, and newborn harm questions.OB GYN MalpracticePregnancy, labor, surgery, and gynecologic care.C Section DelayFetal distress, decision timing, and delivery room communication.Shoulder DystociaDelivery maneuvers, brachial plexus injury, and documentation.Cerebral Palsy ClaimBirth injury timing, causation, and expert review.Newborn Brain InjuryOxygen, monitoring, nicu care, and records.Pediatric MalpracticeChildren's symptoms, testing, dosing, and follow-up.
Medication, consent, and other claims
Prescribing, dispensing, informed consent, remote care, and death-related questions.
Medication ErrorWrong drug, wrong dose, allergy, pharmacy, and administration errors.Pharmacy ErrorDispensing, labeling, contraindication, and dosage problems.Failure To Obtain Informed ConsentRisk disclosure, alternatives, and patient choice.Telehealth MalpracticeRemote diagnosis, follow-up, documentation, and referral.Wrongful Death Medical MalpracticeSurvivor rights, causation, and damages questions.Sepsis DelayInfection recognition, antibiotics, monitoring, and escalation.