Combining Legal Skill and Medical Knowledge
In addition to 14 years of legal practice, I bring 20 years of medical knowledge as a practicing nurse and a instructor of nursing. In addition to teaching nursing I have taught as an instructor at the Seattle University School of Law. This unique background allows me to understand the medical facts of your case, and the standards of medical care that should be provided to every patient. My extensive medical knowledge allows clients to obtain maximum value in their medical negligence cases.

When we seek medical help for an injury or illness, we expect that the doctors and other medical professionals we encounter will exercise the highest degree of care and professionalism. We don’t expect that they will harm us.

And yet hundreds of people every year become more ill — or die — because of negligent medical care.

If you’ve been seriously injured due to medical negligence, or you suspect that a loved one died prematurely because of medical malpractice, you need an experienced Seattle Medical Malpractice Attorney. Get a strong, knowledgeable, and experienced legal advocate on your side.

Was it Medical Malpractice?
Because of the highly technical nature of medical care, and the uncertainties of working with people who are ill or experiencing a medical crisis, it can be hard to know if medical negligence was the cause of a catastrophic injury, complications of pregnancy, labor or delivery that result in injury to babies, or unexpected death.

You may feel hesitant to talk to a lawyer because you’re unsure if you were harmed through medical malpractice. Consulting a lawyer is the first step in learning about your legal rights. Your initial consultation is free and you may find that you gain greater peace of mind by talking to a lawyer who understands medical malpractice cases. As a skilled Seattle Medical Malpractice Attorney, I have achieved successful results in many medical malpractice cases. I may be able to help you as well.
 
At the Law Office of Joanne R. Werner, we maintain relationships with a wide variety of medical and rehabilitative professionals — people we call upon to document the extent of your injuries and your prospects for complete recovery and rehabilitation. We also work with life planners and economists to understand your current and future financial needs.

We provide aggressive legal representation to injured people and their families in all types of medical malpractice cases, including:

• Birth injury or birthing complications resulting in serious disability or death
• Nursing Home Neglect & Abuse
• Surgical errors  leading to injury
• Misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose and treat an illness
• Emergency room errors
• Medication errors
• Anesthesiology errors
• Physician errors
• Nursing errors

When you work with the Law Office of Joanne R. Werner, you can have confidence that your case is being handled by a lawyer who truly understands your situation, legally, medically, and financially. We invite you to contact our firm to schedule a free initial consultation to see how we can help you.

Thorough preparation, aggressive advocacy, and a firm understanding of the medical facts of each case have resulted in Ms. Werner obtaining millions in financial compensation for her injured clients. Some significant examples include:

• An elderly woman was admitted to a hospital where a screening colonoscopy resulted in her colon being severed. Post-operatively, she received an epidural catheter for pain management. She developed an epidural hemorrhage resulting in paraplegia. After being transferred to a nursing home for rehabilitation, she developed an infected pressure sore resulting in gangrene. Her foot was amputated. The case settled for $1.2 million.
  
• A young man died during elective eye surgery when the anesthesiologist failed to properly remove his breathing tube at the end of surgery. The case settled for $705,000.
• A baby suffered asphyxiation and brain injury resulting in cerebral palsy due to failure of a midwife to transfer the mother to a hospital in a timely manner after many hours of ineffective labor and despite signs of fetal distress. The case settled for $10 million.
• A home care nurse fell asleep during her shift, failing to monitor a young quadriplegic man with breathing difficulties. She did not respond when his breathing tube became blocked. He struggled for air until he lost consciousness. He died of complications of asphyxiation. The case settled for $900,000.
• A disabled woman with complicating medical problems died when the defective rental wheelchair she was sitting in rolled down a slope in a parking lot and struck a fence.  Complications arose and after months in the hospital, she died. The case settled for $550,000 prior to trial.

All medical malpractice cases are accepted on a contingency fee basis. If we accept your case, you will pay no fees or costs until you receive a financial recovery for your case. If there is no recovery, you owe no fees or costs.

Attorney Joanne R. Werner, R.N., M.S., J.D., represents clients throughout Washington State, including King County, Pierce County, Spokane County, Whatcom County, and Yakima County and the communities of Seattle, Bellingham, Spokane, Tacoma, Yakima, Seattle and Puget Sound area.

If you or someone you know in Washington State needs the assistance of an experienced Seattle Medical Malpractice Attorney, call Joanne Werner today at 866-729-5333, or complete the contact form provided on this site to schedule your free consultation.