Medical Malpractice Attorneys Washtenaw County

When you entrust your health to a doctor, hospital, or other healthcare provider, you expect competent care. When that trust is betrayed by negligence—whether a surgical error, delayed cancer diagnosis, birth injury, or medication mistake—the consequences can alter your life forever. At Logeman & Iafrate, P.C., our Washtenaw County medical malpractice attorneys understand what you're facing: mounting medical bills to fix preventable harm, lost income during extended recovery, and the emotional toll of knowing your suffering was avoidable.

For more than 45 years, we've represented victims of medical negligence throughout Washtenaw County and Michigan. We take cases other firms turn down and prepare every case for trial. Medical malpractice claims require extensive investigation, expert medical testimony, and trial-ready representation against well-funded hospital systems and insurance companies.

What Qualifies as Medical Malpractice in Michigan?

Medical malpractice occurs when a healthcare provider's negligence causes injury to a patient. Under Michigan law, you must prove four elements:

• Duty: A doctor-patient relationship existed, establishing the provider's obligation to meet professional standards
• Breach: The provider failed to meet the accepted standard of care that a reasonably competent professional would have provided under similar circumstances
• Causation: The breach directly caused your injury—not merely a poor outcome from proper care
• Damages: You suffered measurable harm including medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, or permanent impairment

Common Types of Medical Malpractice We Handle

Surgical Errors

Operating on the wrong body part, leaving instruments inside patients, damaging nerves or organs during routine procedures, and anesthesia mistakes are never acceptable. These errors often result in additional surgeries, infections, permanent impairment, or death.

Misdiagnosis and Delayed Diagnosis

When doctors fail to correctly diagnose cancer, heart attacks, strokes, infections, or other serious conditions—or delay diagnosis by ordering wrong tests or dismissing symptoms—patients lose critical treatment windows.

Birth Injuries

Negligent prenatal care, failure to monitor fetal distress, improper use of delivery instruments, and delayed cesarean sections can cause cerebral palsy, Erb's palsy, brain damage, and other devastating injuries to newborns.

Medication Errors

Prescribing the wrong medication or dosage, failing to account for dangerous drug interactions, pharmacy dispensing errors, and hospital administration mistakes cause severe reactions, organ damage, and wrongful death.

Hospital Negligence

Understaffing, inadequate nurse training, failure to prevent infections, improper patient monitoring, and discharge errors create dangerous conditions.

Emergency Room Errors

ER doctors and nurses must rapidly assess and stabilize patients. Failure to recognize heart attacks, strokes, internal bleeding, or other emergencies—or discharging patients prematurely—causes preventable deterioration and death.

Michigan's Medical Malpractice Laws You Need to Know

Notice of Intent Requirement

Before filing a lawsuit, you must serve the healthcare provider with a Notice of Intent (NOI) at least 182 days before filing suit. The NOI must identify the applicable standard of care, how it was breached, the injuries caused, and include an Affidavit of Merit from a qualified medical expert.

Statute of Limitations

Medical malpractice lawsuits must generally be filed within two years of when the malpractice occurred—or within six months of discovering the injury, whichever is later. However, the discovery rule cannot extend the filing deadline beyond six years from the date of malpractice. There is an important exception for minors: children under eight have until their eighth birthday to file.

Standard of Care and Expert Testimony

Proving malpractice requires expert testimony from a qualified physician who practices in the same specialty or a related field.

Damage Caps

Michigan caps non-economic damages (pain and suffering) in medical malpractice cases. For 2025, the standard cap is approximately $569,000, adjusted annually for inflation. A higher cap of approximately $1,047,000 applies when the malpractice caused death, loss of a vital body function, or permanent impairment.

Compensation Available in Washtenaw County Medical Malpractice Cases

When medical negligence causes serious harm, you're entitled to full compensation for medical expenses, lost wages and earning capacity, pain and suffering, disability and disfigurement, and loss of consortium.

Why Medical Malpractice Cases Require Specialized Experience

Successful medical malpractice representation requires thorough investigation, qualified expert witnesses, understanding complex medicine, trial preparation, and resources to fight well-funded opponents. At Logeman & Iafrate, P.C., we have the experience, resources, and determination to take on hospitals, insurance companies, and medical professionals who refuse to accept responsibility.

Serving Washtenaw County Communities

We represent medical malpractice victims throughout Washtenaw County, including Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Saline, Dexter, Chelsea, Milan, and Manchester. Whether your injury occurred at Michigan Medicine (University of Michigan Health System), Trinity Health Ann Arbor, Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital, or another Washtenaw County healthcare facility, we're here to fight for your rights.

Contact Our Washtenaw County Medical Malpractice Attorneys Today

If you or a loved one suffered harm due to medical negligence in Washtenaw County, acting promptly matters. Call us at (734) 994-0200 or fill out our online contact form to schedule a free consultation. We take medical malpractice cases on a contingency-fee basis—no fees unless we win.