Medical Malpractice
Hospital, physician, and provider negligence resulting in serious patient harm.
Medical malpractice can happen in any clinical setting: operating rooms, emergency departments, primary care offices, inpatient wards. The common thread is a deviation from the standard of care that causes preventable injury. Peter has over 15 years building and trying these cases, with more than $15M recovered.
Representative case types
- ▸Surgical errors and complications
- ▸Misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis
- ▸Birth injuries and obstetric negligence
- ▸Medication errors and adverse reactions
- ▸Emergency room negligence
- ▸Hospital-acquired infections
FTCA Claims
Federal Tort Claims Act cases against VA medical centers and federal healthcare facilities.
The Federal Tort Claims Act is a limited waiver of sovereign immunity that allows suit against the United States for the negligence of federal employees. FTCA cases have their own procedural rules: administrative claim presentment, no jury, statutory fee caps. Most personal injury firms won't take them. Peter has resolved several into seven figures, including a $1.5M sepsis case and a $900K prostate cancer case.
Representative case types
- ▸VA medical center negligence
- ▸Military treatment facility errors
- ▸Indian Health Service claims
- ▸Federally qualified health center malpractice
- ▸Government hospital diagnostic failures
- ▸Surgical and medication errors in federal facilities
Nursing Home Abuse & Negligence
Understaffing, neglect, pressure ulcers, and elder abuse across DC, MD, and VA.
Most nursing home injuries trace back to chronic understaffing. Too few aides for too many residents. Missed turns, missed meals, missed medications, falls no one saw. Peter created new Virginia precedent on understaffing claims and resolved a $500,000 Virginia nursing home case.
Representative case types
- ▸Understaffing and systemic neglect
- ▸Pressure ulcers and bedsores
- ▸Falls and unwitnessed injuries
- ▸Medication errors
- ▸Dehydration and malnutrition
- ▸Physical, sexual, and emotional abuse
Birth Injuries
Preventable harm to mothers and newborns during labor and delivery.
Birth injury cases are among the most consequential in medical malpractice. A child with cerebral palsy, HIE, or a brachial plexus injury may need millions of dollars in lifetime care. Peter resolved a Washington, D.C. birth injury case for $6.5 million on behalf of an affected family.
Representative case types
- ▸Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)
- ▸Cerebral palsy from delayed delivery
- ▸Erb's palsy and brachial plexus injuries
- ▸Forceps and vacuum extraction injuries
- ▸Maternal hemorrhage and complications
- ▸Failure to perform timely C-section
Surgical Errors
Wrong-site surgery, retained instruments, anesthesia errors, and post-op complications.
Some surgical errors are classified as 'never events' because they should not happen with proper systems in place. Others involve subtler technique errors, or post-operative failures to recognize that something has gone wrong. These cases require an expert in the same surgical specialty as the defendant.
Representative case types
- ▸Wrong-site, wrong-side, or wrong-patient surgery
- ▸Retained instruments or sponges
- ▸Anesthesia dosage and monitoring errors
- ▸Post-operative complications
- ▸Surgical technique errors
- ▸Infection following surgery
Diagnostic Errors
Cancer misdiagnosis, missed sepsis, delayed treatment of heart attack and stroke.
Diagnostic errors affect an estimated 12 million Americans every year, and they cluster around the highest-stakes conditions: cancer, infections, and vascular events. Peter Anderson has resolved both a $900K FTCA prostate cancer misdiagnosis and a $1.5M FTCA sepsis case at VA medical centers.
Representative case types
- ▸Cancer misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis
- ▸Heart attack and stroke misdiagnosis
- ▸Failure to diagnose sepsis
- ▸Radiology interpretation errors
- ▸Laboratory testing errors
- ▸Failure to follow up on abnormal results