Legal Question in Medical Malpractice in Pennsylvania
medical malpractice (OBGYN)
In April of 2006 I was being seen by an OBGYN for polycystic ovary disease. He placed me on medication and told me that I would never be able to get pregnant. One month later I found that I was pregnant with twins. When I went to see him, he laughed and said that he ''forgot to tell me that the medication that he put me on could make me ovulate''. The children are a blessing but this has caused sever strains on finances and caused my marriage to break up. Also, the problems that I had from their birth almost killed me. I did go to this doctor for a short time during my pregnancy and left his practice after he misdiagnosed me with vaginal warts, leading me to beleive that my husband had cheated on me. My credit has been destroyed by not being able to work and my life has gone into shambles. I love my kids but I believe that this Doctor needs to pay for what he has done to me and I do not want to see this happen to someone else.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: medical malpractice (OBGYN)
I encourage anyone who believes they may have a malpractice case to call attorneys as soon as possible. Most malpractice attorneys will speak to you over the phone for free to see if you may have a case that they can profitably pursue on your behalf.
Regarding the facts you have provided, I would not take this case. Another attorney may have a different opinion, so I urge you to make phone calls immediately if you believe you may have a case.
The first reason that I would not look into this case is that you have a statute of limitations issue. In general, Pennsylvania law allows two years from the time a prudent person would become aware of their �injury� to file a suit. In your case, you decided that a pregnancy was an undesirable result, and therefore, you became aware of your injury when you became pregnant in May of 2006.
Regarding the misdiagnosis of vaginal warts: I believe that this is a tough claim to prove. An additional problem with this claim is that, while you may still have some time before the two-year statute of limitations elapses, you do not have a lot of time. Attorneys, in general, do not want to get involved in cases at the last minute.
This is only my opinion, another attorney may feel differently about all of these issues.
You should be calling attorneys immediately if you wish to discuss a possible case with respect to the complaints you have described.
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