Serving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and all of Western Pennsylvania, Berger & Lagnese specializes in serious injury cases involving cerebral palsy; birth injuries and brain injuries resulting from birth; medical malpractice; failure to diagnose cancer and other diseases; surgical mistakes; pulmonary embolism; car and truck accidents; and defective products or medical instruments. An experienced team of lawyers as well as a board certified doctor on staff, we will get to the bottom of your case and protect your safety.

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Accident and Malpractice Attorneys

In an ideal world, federal and state laws would protect you from harm or unjust treatment and keep your finances secure.

However, this system of safety sometimes breaks down.

A doctor fails to correctly diagnose your deadly breast cancer.  A careless driver slams into your car, injuring your spine permanently.  A piece of surgical equipment malfunctions during your cardiac operation, endangering your recovery.  You shatter your hip in the poorly lit stairway of a hotel and, in the aftermath, you accumulate a shoebox of unpaid medical bills.

At Berger & Lagnese, we strive to ensure that your family is fully compensated and that what happened to you will not happen to someone else.  We not only want to secure you the support and justice you deserve but we also want to take defective products off the market, put a stop to businesses that place their customers in danger, and keep careless doctors out of our maternity wards and operating rooms.

We understand that the successful outcome of your individual case will increase the safety and security of others.  We work to protect your safety.

Serving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and all of Western Pennsylvania, our experienced team of lawyers focus on medical malpractice cases and serious personal injury cases that are the result of car or truck accidents, product liability, or premises liability. Our law firm is headed by partners Joshua L. Berger and Paul Lagnese, both of whom have over 20 years of legal experience and hold an impressive track record of helping those who have been seriously injured. 

We have a board-certified medical doctor on staff full time.  Dr. Martin Nee, a surgeon with 30 years of experience, specializes in reviewing injured patients’ medical records and determining how and when medical errors occurred.

We have helped hundreds of our clients find justice and secure the support that they required after they were seriously injured.  Our cases have also changed the way doctors and hospitals care for their patients.  Here are just a few examples:

  • Our client, a patient in a hospital, fell in his room and struck his head. The hospital did not perform an X-ray of his head to see whether there was internal bleeding. Two days later, the hospital performed a CT and found a massive bleed in our client’s head, but it was too late, and he died. We sued the hospital. The hospital argued that no CT was needed, but after we obtained a settlement of the case, the hospital enacted a policy requiring an immediate head CT for any patient who falls in the hospital and hits his head.
  • During a carpal tunnel surgery, a surgeon severed our client’s nerve. We sued the hospital and discovered that the hospital knew before our client’s surgery that this surgeon had cut another patient’s nerve because the doctor was using a surgical method that was outdated and condemned in the medical literature. The jury returned a verdict of $669,000 for our client. The surgeon no longer performs carpal tunnel surgery.
  • Our client was diagnosed with breast cancer that had spread throughout her body. We filed a lawsuit and discovered that our client had a prior mammogram that was suspicious for breast cancer, but the hospital did nothing in response and did not tell our client. We obtained a monetary settlement for our client from the hospital.
  • Our client was paralyzed in a car accident. We sued the manufacturer of the car and discovered that in order to save money the car company designed an unsafe car. We obtained a settlement for our client. That car is no longer being made.
  • While driving, our client hit a stream of water flowing over a road and skidded out of control, dying in the crash. We sued the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. PennDOT argued that the road’s design was acceptable. We found a retired PennDOT employee who had told PennDOT that the road was dangerous and need to be repaired a couple of years before the crash. The jury found PennDOT was negligent and awarded money to the parents of our client.

Each year, 5,000 infants and 1,200-1,500 toddlers are diagnosed with cerebral palsy – and many of these cases are due to preventable delays and careless mistakes made during delivery.  The Institute of Medicine has found that between 44,000 and 98,000 people die in hospitals each year due to preventable medical errors.

At Berger & Lagnese, we make the hospitals and doctors responsible for their medical errors.  By making them responsible, we make sure the same error does not injure or kill another person.

We have obtained verdicts or settlements in cases against UPMC, Presbyterian Hospital, Shadyside Hospital, Washington Hospital, St. Clair Hospital, Hamot Hospital, St. Vincents Hospital, Indiana Hospital, Jeannette Hospital, Uniontown Hospital, Beaver Medical Center, and many others.

Contact our attorneys and medical expert

Sometimes we are harmed in the situations where we should feel the most secure – in a public place, in our own cars, or in the hands of our doctors.  If you or a family member has been seriously injured, Berger & Lagnese can help you secure the support you need and, ultimately, prevent others from suffering as you have.

To talk with our team of attorneys about your case or to consult with the board certified physician we have on staff, please call us toll free at (800) 350-6161 or contact us. There are laws in place that protect you in these situations, and by working together, we can protect your safety.
Proudly Serving these Pennsylvania Cities and Counties:

Pittsburgh, Beaver, Uniontown, Greensburg, New Castle, Altoona, Erie, Butler, Mercer, Franklin, Allegheny, Fayette, Westmoreland, Washington, Johnstown, Lawrence, Blair, and Venango.


Medical Malpractice

Studies show that between 44,000 and 98,000 Americans die due to preventable medical errors each year – and that the majority of medical malpractice instances go unreported by both health officials and patients. Serving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and all of Western Pennsylvania, Berger & Lagnese has a 40-year tradition of holding doctors and hospitals responsible for their negligence and securing much-needed compensation for their patients. If your doctor failed to diagnose your disease or misdiagnosed you, Berger & Lagnese can help. If your surgeon made a mistake that led to an injury or death, Berger & Lagnese can help. If your obstetrician made a mistake during the birth of your child that led to permanent brain injuries, Berger & Lagnese can help.

Car and Truck Accidents

Serving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and all of Western Pennsylvania, Berger & Lagnese have a long and successful history of recovering financial compensation for clients seriously injured due to car and truck negligence. Each year, 1 out of 39 Pennsylvanians will be involved in a reportable car or truck accident. If you have been injured in a car or truck accident and have incurred costs due to someone else’s negligence, call us today for a consultation.

Product Liability

Have you been injured due to a defective product? Has someone close to you died after using a faulty, mislabeled, or hazardous device? If so, you could have a product liability case to settle with the manufacturer. The FDA recalled over 500 dangerous medical devices last year while the CPSC recalled almost 300. Don’t let your story go untold. Don’t continue to struggle with the financial crisis and mental agony that this product has caused you and your family. If you live in Pennsylvania and have been injured due to a defective product, call Berger & Lagnese today for a free consultation. Take the first step toward finding justice.

Premises Liability

Have you been injured while on another person’s property? Was your injury the direct result of negligence or carelessn by the owner Premises liability cases occur in a variety of situations – let Berger & Lagnese help you determine if your accident could have been prevented by the owner of the property and help you recover compensation for your injuries. Don’t continue to struggle alone with the consequences of your injuries. Don’t let negligent property owners continue to put their visitors in danger.

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