Oregon Medical Malpractice Attorney
Specializing in medical malpractice, obstectric & gynecological Injuries
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Millions
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15 years
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Female-Owned.
Female-Powered.
Focused on Women’s Health.
At the Law Office of Rachel O’Neal, we represent patients and families throughout Oregon who have been seriously harmed by medical negligence. We are a female-owned, female-powered law firm with a particular emphasis on women’s health care, pregnancy and childbirth, birth injuries, gynecology, and urogynecology.
Rachel O’Neal is an experienced Oregon medical malpractice trial lawyer who represents patients in cases involving birth injuries, obstetrical malpractice, gynecological and urogynecological negligence, surgical errors, delayed diagnosis, and other serious injuries caused by negligent medical care. Based in the Portland area, Rachel represents medical malpractice clients in Portland, Multnomah County, and throughout Oregon.
Birth Injury and Obstetrical Malpractice
Medical negligence during pregnancy, labor, delivery, or the postpartum period can cause devastating and permanent injuries to both mothers and babies. Rachel represents mothers injured during pregnancy and childbirth and babies who suffer serious birth injuries because of negligent obstetrical care.
Birth injury and obstetrical malpractice cases may involve failure to recognize or respond to fetal distress, delayed Cesarean section (C-section), failure to appropriately monitor a baby during labor, improper management of labor and delivery, traumatic delivery injuries, failure to diagnose or treat maternal complications, and failure to timely recognize and treat complications following childbirth.
When a baby suffers a serious or permanent injury during labor or delivery, determining what happened often requires careful examination of fetal monitoring, labor and delivery records, medical decision-making, and the timing of interventions. Rachel represents Oregon families in serious birth injury cases involving allegations that physicians, midwives, nurses, hospitals, or other medical providers failed to provide appropriate care to a mother or baby.
Rachel also has significant experience representing women injured during childbirth. In 2020, she obtained a $2.855 million jury verdict on behalf of a mother and her husband arising from negligent care following delivery.
Gynecological and Urogynecological Malpractice
A significant focus of Rachel’s medical malpractice practice is representing women who have been seriously injured through negligent gynecological, urogynecological, and pelvic health care.
Women deserve to have their symptoms taken seriously, to receive accurate information about their diagnoses and treatment options, and to receive competent medical and surgical care. When a gynecological procedure is unnecessary, performed negligently, or followed by complications that are not appropriately recognized and treated, the consequences can profoundly affect a woman’s health and quality of life.
Rachel investigates medical malpractice cases involving procedures and treatment such as:
- Hysterectomy, including vaginal, laparoscopic, robotic, and abdominal hysterectomy
- Dilation and curettage (D&C)
- IUD insertion, placement, and removal
- Pelvic organ prolapse surgery
- Bladder prolapse and cystocele repair
- Rectocele repair
- Pelvic floor surgery
- Urinary incontinence surgery and bladder sling procedures
- Transvaginal and pelvic procedures
- Gynecological and urogynecological surgery
- Diagnosis and treatment of cervical, uterine, ovarian, and other gynecological conditions
Pregnancy, labor and delivery, and postpartum medical care
Medical negligence during gynecological and urogynecological procedures can result in injuries to the bladder, bowel, colon, ureters, nerves, pelvic floor, and other organs and tissues. Patients may experience infection, hemorrhage, chronic pelvic pain, sexual dysfunction, urinary or bowel problems, nerve injuries, the need for additional corrective surgeries, or permanent disability.
Rachel also represents patients in cases involving unnecessary surgery, surgical errors, procedures performed without adequate informed consent, failure to diagnose, delayed diagnosis, and failure to recognize or appropriately treat postoperative complications.
Medical Malpractice Involving Hospitals, Physicians, Midwives, and Other Providers
Medical malpractice cases are complex, expensive, and vigorously defended. Rachel has spent more than a decade representing injured patients and has recovered millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts. She has handled medical negligence claims involving hospitals, medical clinics, physicians, surgeons, obstetricians and gynecologists (OB/GYNs), midwives, and other health care providers.
Although women’s health, obstetrical and gynecological malpractice, maternal injuries, and birth injuries are particular focuses of the firm, Rachel represents women, men, children, and families in serious medical malpractice cases involving many forms of negligent medical care.
Portland Medical Malpractice Attorney Serving Clients Throughout Oregon
The Law Office of Rachel O’Neal represents medical malpractice clients in Portland, Multnomah County, and throughout the State of Oregon. If you believe that you, your baby, or a family member suffered a serious injury because of medical negligence, contact our office to discuss whether you may have an Oregon medical malpractice claim.
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