Kentucky Radiology Malpractice Lawyers

When imaging is read late, read wrong, or the results are never communicated, patients lose critical time. We build radiology cases around standards, timestamps, and closed-loop communication – not guesswork – and use that to build a solid medical malpractice claim and maximize our clients’ recovery.

Who We Help

Patients harmed by missed or delayed reads (cancers, fractures, strokes), wrong patient/study, protocol errors, and no closed-loop communication of urgent findings.

Do I Have a Case?

We have to prove (1) a breach of the standard of care and (2) causation – that is, that the delay or error changed the outcome. The facts leading to radiology malpractice cases can vary widely, but some of the more common cases we see involve:

• Missed or delayed diagnosis on x-ray, MRI, CT, or other imaging (e.g., lung nodule, stroke, bowel perforation, fracture).
• Failure to communicate urgent or unexpected results appropriately.
• Wrong patient/study/site; protocol errors (wrong modality, no contrast when indicated).
• Report defects (no comparison to priors, no clear recommendations for necessary follow-up).
• System failures (preliminary vs. final reads not reconciled; teleradiology hand-offs).

How We Prove Your Radiology Malpractice Case

• PACS/EHR forensics. We pull audit trails, report versions and timestamps, viewing logs, critical-result alerts, phone logs, and in-basket data to show who knew what, and when – and what they were supposed to do.
• Subspecialist review. We use board-certified neuroradiology, thoracic, MSK, breast, abdominal experts matched to the film and condition at issue in the case.
• Communication standards. We map facts against the ACR Practice Parameter and hospital policies (critical results, read-back, escalation).
• Causation proof. We utilize treating physicians and the literature tie the delay to worse injury (missed stroke window, cancer stage migration, loss of limb).
• Damages that stand up. We retain life-care planners and economists when appropriate to translate medical needs into numbers juries – and insurance companies – can’t ignore.

What To Do Now

• Document the harm. Dates of symptoms, treatment delays, and how the injury changed care options.
• Call early. Evidence windows are short, and Kentucky’s deadlines run quickly.

Why Choose Naiser Law Office

• Hospital-system fluency. We understand radiology workflows – PACS, dictation, preliminary/final reads, escalation trees – and how failures occur.
• Digital forensics, not hunches. We use audit trails, phone and message logs, EHR alert histories, and report metadata to prove what happened minute by minute.
• Precisely matched subspecialists. We retain board-certified experts in the exact field at issue, rather than using a “generalist for everything.”
• Communication rulebooks on our side. We frame the case with ACR communication standards and your facility’s own policy.
• Trial posture from day one. Timelines, visuals, and expert opinions are ready early – so insurance companies must price verdict risk, not just bills.
• We actually try cases. Insurers track who take cases to trial, and who settles all of their cases – and that changes how your file is valued.

By The Numbers

• In malpractice cases naming radiology as the primary service, misinterpretation accounts for ~87% of claims; most involve missed cancers or fractures.
• Across all specialties, 30% of malpractice cases involve a communication failure—facts or findings didn’t get to the person who needed them.
• The ACR Communication Parameter expects timely, documented notification of critical/significant results and policies defining what is “critical” and how fast it must be conveyed.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does a missed finding automatically mean malpractice?

No. We must prove the radiologist (or system) breached the standard and that the miss caused harm (e.g., a cancer advanced, a stroke treatment window closed).

Who is responsible – the radiologist, the hospital, or someone else?

It depends on the case. Liability can fall on the reading radiologist, the group or hospital (policies, staffing, communication systems), and sometimes the ordering provider if they failed to communicate or act on documented results.

What is “critical result” communication?

Findings that require urgent action must be directly conveyed and documented with method, recipient, date/time, and read-back/escalation where required.

Talk to a Kentucky Radiology Malpractice Lawyer Today

Contact an experienced Kentucky radiology-malpractice lawyer as soon as possible after an injury. Do not delay investigation – certain electronic records are not retained forever, and it takes time to fully investigate cases. Reach out today for a free consultation with an attorney. We can review the records and give you your options – at no charge. If we take your case, we move quickly to protect your rights and maximize your recovery.