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- Focus: Serious permanent injury or death caused by medical negligence
- Medical negligence: Hospitals, doctors, HMOs, nursing homes, and other health care providers
- Firm members and staff: Experienced in both medicine and law
- Medical experience: Combined Medical and Nursing experience of over 45 years
- Legal experience: Medical negligence/medical malpractice law for over 10 years
- Legal results: Multiple trials and settlements including multi-million dollar amounts
- Geographic region: Washington, Idaho, and other states
- Types of cases accepted: Medical negligence or malpractice by any health care provider
- Kenneth H. Coleman, MD, JD, President
- Betsy Johnson, BS, CCM, Paralegal
- Leanna E. Cossman, RN, Legal Nurse Consultant
The Law Offices of Kenneth H. Coleman, P.S., established in 1993, primarily represent individuals and their families who have been permanently injured or who have died as a result of medical malpractice or medical negligence. Whether the case involves catastrophic injury or death, the firm's purpose is to guide people in their search for justice and accountability. In addition, our purpose is to not only hold those accountable who have caused an injury or death, but in so doing to help prevent such errors from occurring to others in the future.
- Medical Malpractice Law
- Catastrophic Injury
- Wrongful Death
- Birth injuries
- Brain injuries
- Spinal cord injuries
- Cancer (intestines, breast, prostate, skin, lung, and other)
- Death
- Eye injuries and blindness
- Heart attacks, missed or mismanaged heart conditions
- Injuries requiring life-time care and/or full-time care
- Nerve injuries
- Permanent disability or impairment
- Tubal (ectopic) pregnancy problems
- Abdominal infection and related problems
- Bowel (intestinal) injuries, gangrene, or death
- Aorta problems, dissection, and aneurysm
- Bariatric surgery (obesity surgery such as stomach stapling, bypass surgery)
- Bone and orthopedic problems (improper fracture management, missed fractures, tendon injuries)
- Clots in veins (deep vein thrombosis or DVT)
- Clots to lungs - (pulmonary embolism or PE)
- Delayed treatment
- Ear injuries
- Epiglottitis
- Failure to diagnose or missed diagnosis
- Failure to properly treat
- General infection
- Improper emergency care
- Ischemic bowel disease
- Labor and delivery errors
- Medication errors
- Appendicitis
- Peritonitis
- Pregnancy mismanagement
- Surgical errors
- Surgical injuries
To have a proper legal case, these four requirements must be met. First, in relation to a health care provider, a duty (1) must be identified. Second, there must be a breach (2) or failure to perform this duty. A health care provider has a duty to exercise the degree of skill, care, and learning expected of a reasonably prudent health care provider in similar circumstances. Failure to perform in a prudent fashion is a breach of this duty and is negligence. Then, the breach or violation of the standard of care must be the cause (3) of damage (4). Damage to an individual can come in many forms. Some of these forms of damage include: physical injury; loss of income, both past and future; unnecessary medical or surgical expenses, both past and future; loss of ability to work; physical therapy costs; hospital or nursing home care; private-duty care; loss of companionship of one's husband, wife, children, or parents; and pain and suffering.
- Medical Malpractice Law
- Catastrophic Injury
- Wrongful Death
The Law Offices of Kenneth H. Coleman, P.S. are located in the heart of downtown Spokane, Washington, within a few blocks of the U.S. Federal Courthouse and the Spokane County Courthouse. Since clients and cases often come from other parts of Washington as well as from other states , consultations are generally arranged in the client's home area.
