An injury caused by a trusted professional is a different kind of harm. Beyond the physical pain or financial loss, there is the shock of learning that someone who was supposed to help you made a preventable mistake. For people in Colorado Springs, getting clear answers about what happened is often the first and most important step toward moving forward.
Cimino Law Office, LLC is a malpractice lawyer in Colorado Springs, CO and across the state for patients and clients harmed by doctors, dentists, and attorneys. John Cimino has practiced law for nearly four decades, and our firm approaches every case with patience, compassion, and a firm commitment to the truth.
Our office is in Denver, and we represent clients in Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and communities throughout Colorado. Most cases begin with a phone call in which we listen to your story, ask questions, and help you understand whether the facts point toward professional negligence. When they do, we explain the next steps in plain language and help you gather the records we will need.
Many of the inquiries we receive from the Colorado Springs area involve surgery. As a surgical error attorney in Colorado Springs, our firm reviews cases where a patient was harmed by a mistake before, during, or after an operation. These cases often involve:
Wrong-site or wrong-patient surgery, instruments or sponges left inside the body, and accidental damage to nearby organs, nerves, or blood vessels are errors that careful procedures exist to prevent. When those safeguards fail, the patient may be left with additional surgeries and a long recovery.
Errors in anesthesia dosing or monitoring, missed signs of bleeding or infection, and premature discharge can turn a routine procedure into a medical emergency. A claim may also exist if a surgeon failed to explain significant risks before you agreed to the procedure.
You can learn more about these claims on our surgical errors page, including how informed consent issues are evaluated.
Not every surgical complication is the result of negligence. Some outcomes are known risks that occur even when a surgical team does everything right. Our role is to review the records carefully and tell you honestly whether what happened looks like an unavoidable complication or a preventable mistake that a careful surgeon would not have made.
Our firm also represents Colorado Springs clients in misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis cases, hospital negligence claims, dental malpractice involving nerve damage or failed procedures, and legal malpractice against attorneys who missed deadlines, settled without consent, or otherwise failed to protect their clients.
Every malpractice case turns on the standard of care: what a reasonably careful professional would have done in the same situation. Proving that the standard was breached, and that the breach caused your losses, usually requires expert review. Colorado requires a Certificate of Review in most professional negligence cases, and most claims must be filed within two years of when the injury and its cause were discovered, with an outer time limit that may apply even when problems are found later.
Because medical records, operative reports, and billing statements are central to these claims, we encourage clients to request copies of their records early and to keep notes on symptoms, appointments, and conversations with providers. Those details often help us see what happened far more clearly.
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If you or someone you love was harmed during surgery or by another professional's negligence, you deserve a careful, honest review. Please contact our office at (720) 434-0434 to schedule a free consultation with Cimino Law Office, LLC. We serve Colorado Springs and all of Colorado, and we are ready to stand in your corner.
