Burchia and Eccher Associated Law Firm
Our law firm has many years of experience in litigation-both judicial and extrajudicial-relating to health law and medical liability. In particular, our firm handles disputes related to the civil and criminal professional liability of employed doctors in public or private healthcare facilities, freelance medical professionals, as well as other professional categories (such as nurses and anesthetists) operating within both public and private healthcare facilities. We also deal with the liability of both public and private healthcare facilities, as well as local authorities involved in disputes related to medical malpractice and the subsequent claims for damages alleged by patients or their relatives/dependents – both in their own right and as heirs (iure proprio and iure hereditatis.
Our lawyers provide legal assistance and defense to patients and their relatives, handling damage assessment and managing the claim process with the healthcare facility and the insurance company.
In the field of medical liability, we also offer defense and assistance to healthcare professionals in civil, criminal, and disciplinary proceedings. The consultancy offered to clients addresses the most current issues in healthcare malpractice and medical liability in general. These include surgical procedures or medical treatments performed in a manner inconsistent with medical technique and science, or prescribed without justification by the pathology. Incorrect, inadequate, or missed diagnoses of diseases resulting in the prescription of unnecessary or harmful treatments or surgeries. Additionally, it involves omitted or untimely therapeutic or surgical interventions.
In carrying out the aforementioned defense activity, constant consultation and active collaboration with qualified medical experts operating throughout the national territory are ensured to identify the actual liability of individual healthcare operators as well as healthcare facilities where hospitalization and surgical procedures occurred.
The law firm also provides assistance, consultation, and representation at all levels in disciplinary proceedings against doctors and other healthcare professionals.