Services Medical Malpractice Defense

Kean Miller represents physicians, physician groups, and clinics throughout Louisiana. We represent clients in mediation, medical review panel proceedings, jury trials, and bench trials in state and federal court. We understand the issues involved in emotionally charged cases and we have the depth and know-how to defend our clients in a wide variety of medical malpractice cases.

We have defended clients in cases involving failure to diagnose, misdiagnosis, medication errors, informed consent, surgical procedures, post-operative complications, labor and delivery, interpretation of diagnostic studies, post-operative complications and medical management, pathological interpretation, management of patient’s care, and management of antibiotic therapy.

Kean Miller represents physicians in almost every area of practice – from Allergists to Vascular Surgeons.

Areas of Expertise

• Consultation
• Credentialing and re-credentialing
• Depositions
• Expert witnesses
• Hospital privileges
• Independent medical exams
• Licensing Board disciplinary proceedings
• Medical malpractice claims
• Medical records
• National Practitioner’s Data Bank
• Peer review
• Physician-patient privilege
• Risk prevention and counseling

Representative Experience

• Representation of a physician in a medical malpractice lawsuit wherein the plaintiff alleged that the doctor negligently damaged the patient’s anterior interosseous nerve during a surgical procedure. Our trial team obtained a successful “zero verdict” in a week-long jury trial.
• Successful “zero verdict” in a week-long jury trial where a patient’s family alleged that a physician failed to diagnose cervical cancer, resulting in the patient’s death.
• Representation of an emergency room physician in a medical malpractice suit. The physician was accused of failing to diagnose a compartment syndrome in a patient’s leg after presentation to the emergency room. Our trial team obtained a “zero verdict”.
• Representation of an emergency room physician in a medical malpractice suit. The physician was accused of improperly discharging a patient from the emergency room after the plaintiff alleged that she was suffering from cardiovascular disease that the physician should have diagnosed. Our trial team obtained a “zero jury verdict”.
• Representation of a plastic surgeon during a week-long trial involving claims of improper surgical technique and lack of informed consent. Our trial team obtained a “zero jury verdict”.
• Successful defense of Baton Rouge surgeon in a case in Baton Rouge District Court where a piece of a mediport catheter was left in a patient’s body.
• Representation of a family practitioner regarding a claim for failure to diagnose breast cancer in Iberville parish. Our trial team obtained a “zero verdict” on behalf of the physician.