Geisinger Medical Center Malpractice

Geisinger Medical Center and its affiliated hospitals and facilities provide healthcare throughout Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, mistakes made by the network’s doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals occur more than you might realize, often with tragic, life-altering consequences for patients.

Over the past decade, according to court records, injured patients have filed more than 200 medical malpractice lawsuits against Geisinger and its affiliated services in Luzerne and Lackawanna counties alone.

In virtually every high-profile case involving the Geisinger Health System over the past decade, injured families turned to one trusted firm – Ross Feller Casey.

What Healthcare Entities Operate Under The Geisinger Health System Banner?

Geisinger has an extensive network of hospitals across the region, including:

• Geisinger Medical Center and Geisinger Janet Weis Children's Hospital in Danville, Pa.
• Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Township, Pa.
• Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre Hospital in downtown Wilkes-Barre. Pa.
• Geisinger Shamokin Area Community Hospital in Shamokin, Pa.
• Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton, Pa.
• Geisinger Bloomsburg Hospital in Bloomsburg, Pa.
• Geisinger Lewistown Hospital in Lewistown, Pa.
• Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital in Jersey Shore, Pa.
• Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital and Geisinger Schuylkill County in Orwigsburg, Pa.
• Geisinger Marworth in Waverly, Pa.

Additionally, the network has numerous urgent care centers, cancer centers, surgical centers, pediatric centers, and specialty practice locations, including:

• Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Cancer Center and the Richard & Marion Pearsall Heart Hospital in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
• Geisinger General Surgery in Pottsville, Pa.
• Geisinger Neuroscience and the Geisinger Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Scranton, Pa.
• Geisinger Gastroenterology/Endoscopy Montoursville, Pa.
• Geisinger Ophthalmology centers in Shamokin, State College, Sunbury, and Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

What Are The Types Of Lawsuits Filed Against Hospitals, Including Geisinger?

Like other hospital networks, Geisinger Medical Center and its associated facilities have faced various medical malpractice lawsuits. These include:

• Birth injuries, including cerebral palsy, caused during labor and delivery
• Misdiagnosis or inadequate treatment of cancer
• Traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries
• Delayed diagnosis and treatment of strokes
• Medical malpractice resulting in amputations
• Surgical errors leading to further surgeries or complications, such as sepsis
• Injuries caused by medication errors
• Adverse events or fatalities in hospital emergency departments
• Negligence in the timely diagnosis and treatment of infections, including meningitis and hospital-acquired infections

You might not realize it, but you might need a lawyer if you or a loved one was the victim of negligence at Geisinger.

How Do I Find The Top Lawyer To Handle A Medical Malpractice Case Against Geisinger?

Suppose you or a loved one suffered an injury due to negligent treatment at Geisinger Medical Center or its related facilities. In that case, you must have your case reviewed by an experienced medical malpractice lawyer immediately. These cases are complicated and typically require medical experts' assistance to determine how the negligence occurred and who is at fault.

Ross Feller Casey has a team of leading Ivy League-trained physicians on staff, three of whom are also lawyers, to review medical records to determine the best legal action. Generally, the statute of limitations to file a medical malpractice case in Pennsylvania is two years. So, you must act quickly.

Ross Feller Casey’s Unmatched Record

Ross Feller Casey's attorneys understand that you may be overwhelmed by mounting medical bills and are angry by the injustice done to you and your family. We believe the people who caused the injuries should pay for what they've done and never be allowed to harm anyone else.

But at the same time, we understand that you might be afraid of filing a lawsuit. We are here to help.

Widely regarded as Pennsylvania’s leading medical malpractice law firm, Ross Feller Casey has recovered more than $3 billion on behalf of its catastrophically injured clients.

That astonishing record is due in part to the trust placed in our medical malpractice lawyers by your neighbors who live in Montour, Luzerne, and Lackawanna counties, from West Pittston to Avoca, from Archbald to Dunmore to Danville. The firm has strong connections to Northeastern Pennsylvania, as two of its founding partners, Matt Casey and Joel J. Feller, were born and raised there, with Casey from Scranton and Feller from Hazleton.

The Wilkes-Barre Citizens’ Voice and The Scranton Times-Tribune have described Casey and Feller as “two of the most prominent personal injury lawyers.”

Many of the cases filed by Ross Feller Casey against Geisinger drew widespread media coverage, including:

• The death of Dr. Jennifer Sidari resulting from a blood clot in her brain
• The bacterial outbreak at Geisinger Medical Center involving three premature babies who acquired pseudomonas infections, two of whom died as a result, and a third who sustained a brain injury
• The death of a mother of two who died of an untreated brain hemorrhage
• Severe brain injuries to a man due to an undiagnosed meningitis infection
• A boy from Scranton whose doctors failed to detect he had cancer
• A man who died because doctors didn’t properly diagnose his internal hernia

Ross Feller Casey handles all its cases, including Geisinger medical malpractice lawsuits, on a contingency basis. That means you won't pay for our services until a financial recovery is made in your case. Contact our office today for a free case evaluation.