Maine Hospital Injury Lawyers

Hospitals are where we go to heal, expecting life-saving treatment from medical professionals. When medical mistakes occur inside these facilities, the consequences can be life-altering or even fatal. You may be entitled to compensation if you or someone you love suffered a serious injury due to negligence in a Maine hospital. At Berman & Simmons, we help patients and families seek justice when trusted institutions fail to meet the standard of care.

As Maine’s leading medical malpractice law firm, we have spent over a century standing up to powerful hospitals, medical groups, and insurance carriers. Our team has recovered over $1.5 billion for clients across the state. At our firm, you can have a trusted advocate who knows how to navigate these complex claims and is committed to securing the outcome you deserve.

Request a free consultation with a Maine hospital injury attorney by connecting with us online or at (207) 417-4199. We offer convenient virtual appointments.

Hospital Injuries in Maine

A hospital injury refers to any harm due to unsafe, negligent, or substandard care within a hospital. These injuries are often preventable and may involve failures by doctors, nurses, technicians, or hospital administrators. 

While not every poor outcome is malpractice, many injuries result from avoidable errors. A 2023 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that 6.8% of hospitalizations had preventable adverse events.

Berman & Simmons has taken on medical malpractice claims against every hospital in the State of Maine. Our firm has the proficiency and resources to pursue justice when preventable medical errors occur at any Maine hospital. 

We have a track record of success pursuing cases for medical malpractice against all of Maine’s hospitals:

• AR Gould Hospital (formerly The Aroostook Medical Center - TAMC) in Presque Isle, ME 
• Blue Hill Hospital in Blue Hill, ME
• CA Dean Hospital in Greenville, ME
• Cary Medical Center in Caribou, ME
• Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, ME
• Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, ME
• Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, ME
• Houlton Regional Hospital in Houton, ME
• Inland Hospital in Waterville, ME
• Lincoln Hospital (formerly Miles Memorial Hospital) in Damariscotta, ME 
• Maine Coast Hospital in Ellsworth, ME
• Maine Medical Center in Portland, ME
• MaineGeneral Medical Center (MGMC) in Augusta, ME
• Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft, ME
• Mercy Hospital in Portland, ME
• Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, ME
• Millinocket Regional Hospital in Millinocket, ME
• Mount Desert Island Hospital (MDIH) in Bar Harbor, ME
• Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent, ME
• Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport, ME
• Penobscot Valley Hospital in Lincoln, ME
• Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Skowhegan, ME
• Rumford Hospital in Rumford, ME
• Sebasticook Valley Hospital in Pittsfield, ME
• Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway, ME
• Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford, ME
• SMHC Goodall Hospital in Sanford, ME
• St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bangor, ME
• St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, ME
• VA Togus Medical Center in Augusta, ME 
• Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast, ME
• York Hospital in York, ME

Berman & Simmons has the resources to handle cases against Maine’s largest hospital systems, including MaineHealth and Northern Light Health. 

Types of Hospital Injuries in Maine 

Common examples of preventable hospital injuries include:

• Wrong-site surgeries  – An operation carried out on the wrong limb (e.g., right knee instead of left knee), wrong organ (e.g., removing the bladder instead of the uterus), or wrong level of the spine (e.g., operating on the L5 vertebrae instead of the L4 vertebra).
• Retained foreign objects left during surgeries – Items left behind during a surgery, such as sponges, clips, needles, towels, broken device fragments, or anything else operating room staff failed to remove before completing the surgery. 
• Surgical errors – Internal injuries from poor surgical technique or insufficient pre-operative planning.
• Medication errors – Wrong dose, wrong drug, failure to administer essential medications, or failure to recognize dangerous drug interactions.
• Infections – Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) due to unclean environments or improper procedures.
• Sepsis – Life-threatening systemic infection that can result in organ failure, amputation, or death if not promptly diagnosed and treated.
• Failure to monitor – Missed signs of deterioration in critical patients.
• Misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis – Particularly dangerous in stroke, heart attack, or sepsis cases.
• Anesthesia errors – Overdose, improper monitoring, or other adverse reactions to the drugs used during anesthesia. 
• Birth injuries – Harm to a baby during labor or delivery that results in a stillbirth or the baby being born with brain damage or permanent disability.