PacifiCoast Consultants - Scope of Services

Medical and Nursing Malpractice Cases: Every specialty of nursing and medicine is at risk for medical malpractice

Cases involving the professional negligence of a healthcare provider or the negligence of a healthcare facility, such as a hospital or HMO.
Managed care, access to care and denial of care issues.
Nonprofessional negligence cases, such as:
- Premises liability

Products Liability Cases
- Cases involving the liability of manufacturers and sellers of a product to buyers, users or bystanders who allege damages or injuries as a result of a defective product, including:
  - Medical device and drug-related cases (e.g., Fen-Phen, heart valves, silicone breast implants, prozac, etc.)
  - Non-medical device cases (e.g., motor vehicles, cigarettes, machinery, children's toys, personal, consumer and industrial products)

Toxic Torts and Environmental Cases: Cases involving alleged damages or injuries resulting from release of toxins into the environment, such as toxins from:

Workers' Compensation and Workplace Injury Cases: Cases involving job-related injuries arising out of and in the course of employment, such as:

Criminal Cases: Cases involving any act that society has deemed contrary to the public good because the act is injurious to all of society and violates the peace and tranquility of the community, such as:

Many types of cases involving medical-related issues, such as:
Family law (e.g., custody battle)
Probate (e.g., competency issues)
School health (e.g., injury of child while crossing street, sexual assault by teacher)
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Employer-employee relationships (e.g., wrongful dismissal)
Sexual harassment
Right to die
Social Security benefit issues
Medicare benefit issues
Physician-facility relationships (e.g., physician dropped from a HMO, preferred provider network or managed care network)
Psychiatrist or therapist abuse or injury
Insurance (e.g., reasonableness of a medical bill, relationship of a medical bill to the alleged damages or injuries)
Family Leave Act
Bad faith litigation against insurance company for failure to pay a claim or for denial of access to specific care or treatment
Elder issues (e.g., abuse, conservatorship)
Wrongful adoption