Surgical Errors

Surgery Malpractice Lawyer

Central Illinois

For most patients, the operating room is a safe place in which they are in a state of oblivion. When they awake following the surgery, a malignant tumor has been removed, a clogged artery repaired or a facial abnormality mended. However, for some, surgical errors cause the patient to suffer from even more serious problems.

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When a patient suffers injury or suddenly dies in the operating room, it is often necessary to investigate the incident for negligence. Our attorneys commit the resources, energy and passion to helping clients find answers and hold negligent medical providers accountable. Contact Shay & Associates to schedule a consultation with an attorney who can help. We have offices in Decatur and Springfield, Illinois.

We thoroughly investigate surgical errors and medical malpractice claims.

We hold doctors, surgeons and other hospital staff accountable for surgical errors or mistakes that resulted from medical negligence, such as:

  • Unnecessary surgery due to misdiagnosis
  • Wrong site surgery
  • Infection caused by negligent follow up care
  • Scalpel damage to arteries, tendons or organs
  • Foreign objects left inside the body when the surgery site is closed
  • Anesthesia overdose
  • Other surgical errors or operating room mistakes

With over 15 years of experience, we recognize that sometimes mistakes happen. Something goes wrong in the operating room that could not have been prevented. However, our attorneys work with leading medical experts to determine if the care provided was at the accepted standard of care or if negligence was involved. When injury or wrongful death was caused by negligence, we fearlessly take on the medical provider to recover compensation.

Turn to someone you can trust, call us at 217-917-4288 in Decatur, or 217-523-5900 in Springfield, today.

If you or a loved one was the victim of a surgical error or mistake, talk to a medical malpractice lawyer from our firm - we'll listen. Call or contact us directly via e-mail to schedule an appointment. We maintain offices in Springfield and Decatur, Illinois.


Decatur Office

260 E Wood St.
Decatur, IL 62523

Springfield Office

1030 S Durkin Dr.
Springfield, IL 62704


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The Decatur, IL, law firm of Shay & Associates represents injured people and accident victims throughout the Central Illinois region including people from Macon County, Sangamon County, DeWitt County, Piatt County, Moultrie County, Shelby County, Christian County, Logan County, Mason County, Menard County, Morgan County, and Cass County, and from cities such as Decatur, Springfield, Champaign, Bloomington, Peoria, Danville, Litchfield, Lincoln, Quincy, Jacksonville, Mattoon, Charleston, Shelbyville, Taylorville, Mt. Zion, and Clinton.