Newsome Law works with families who are trying to understand what happened to someone they love. That process starts with a free consultation and a conversation, not a commitment. If a medical and legal review is the right next step, we’ll coordinate that review with independent experts who can look carefully at the care that was provided. Whatever they find, you’ll have a clearer picture of what occurred. That’s where this starts.
How Our Firm Helps Your Family Get the Answers You Need
Most families who reach out to us aren’t sure whether they have a case. Many aren’t even sure they want one. They’re in the middle of something difficult, managing a loved one’s recovery, processing a loss, or trying to hold everything together while carrying a question they can’t shake.
We start by listening to what happened:
- The timeline
- The symptoms
- What was said in the emergency room
- What the discharge paperwork said
We gather the medical records and imaging, and we work with qualified independent medical experts to conduct a thorough review.
That review is designed to answer a question: Was the care your loved one received consistent with what a reasonable provider would do under those circumstances?
Sometimes the review confirms that the providers acted appropriately, even when the outcome was devastating. A stroke can cause catastrophic harm even when every clinical decision was correct. If that’s what the review finds, we’ll tell you. Knowing that has value to many families. It doesn’t make the loss of your former life smaller, but it can change the weight of the questions a family carries.
If the review finds something different, we’ll walk you through what that means and what options you have. At every point, you decide what comes next. The consultation is free. There is no obligation to proceed.
Our Process
We guide you through every step with clear communication and compassionate support.
Free Consultation
Call us anytime to discuss your case. We listen carefully and answer all your questions with no obligation.
Medical Review
Our team conducts a thorough investigation with qualified medical experts to determine if malpractice occurred.
Legal Action
If we find evidence of negligence, we build a strong case and handle all legal aspects on your behalf.
Secure Recovery
We fight to secure the financial resources your family needs for long-term care and peace of mind.
What the Expert Review Might Find
A stroke misdiagnosis can result from overt negligence or a more nuanced situation. Strokes are complicated, symptoms overlap with other conditions, and time pressure in an emergency setting is real.
Strokes Don’t Always Look Like Strokes
Brainstem strokes, in particular, often don’t produce the arm weakness or facial drooping that most people associate with stroke. A patient can present with vomiting, sudden headache, confusion, slurred speech, double vision, trouble swallowing, or loss of coordination and be discharged without imaging.
Imaging That Was Delayed or Never Ordered
CT scans and MRIs are tools that can confirm or rule out a stroke. When imaging is delayed, ordered but misread, or never ordered at all, a stroke can be missed entirely. Early discharge before a workup is complete is a documented pattern in stroke misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose cases.
Failure to Escalate
Neurology consultation isn’t always available at every facility, but the decision of whether or not to transfer a patient is itself a clinical decision. When that decision is delayed or doesn’t happen when it should, time passes that cannot be recovered.
The medical review compares the actual care your loved one received against the standard of care: what a reasonably competent provider, given the same information, should have done. The review examines documentation, the sequence of clinical decisions, and what was known or should have been known at each point.
Idaho’s Geography and Hospital Availability Can Be Part of a Review
Idaho is a large, rural state. The state’s level 1 stroke trauma centers are both located in Boise. Level II+ centers (hospitals that offer primary stroke care and are capable of mechanical thrombectomy) are only located in Nampa, Pocatello, and Idaho Falls. Patients at smaller, rural hospitals may need to be transferred to these facilities. The speed and appropriateness of the transfer decision can be the difference between recovery and permanent injury.
Unfortunately, Idaho’s transfer times are much higher than the national guidelines from the Joint Commission and the Brain Attack Coalition (less than 120 minutes) and the American Heart Association (90 minutes). Idaho’s median door-in-door-out time is 146-209 minutes for acute ischemic stroke eligible for endovascular therapy and 217-258 minutes for other acute ischemic stroke, according to JAMA.
The range of outcomes when a stroke is missed is wide:
- Partial disability
- Cognitive impairment
- Paralysis
- Locked-in syndrome
- Death
What a family is left with depends heavily on how much time passed and what happened during that time. The review can help establish both.
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Your Options If the Review Shows Something
When the review reveals that care fell short of accepted standards, families have a decision to make. We don’t make that decision for you. Our job is to make sure you understand what the review found and what your options are.
You can choose to take this information and simply find closure. You can also use it to build a case against the liable party(ies).
Building a legal case requires establishing several things:
- That a provider or facility had a duty of care to your loved one
- That the care provided fell below the accepted standard
- That the failure caused harm
- That the harm resulted in damages, such as medical costs, lost income, the need for ongoing care, and the diminished quality of life that follows a catastrophic injury
Responsibility in stroke cases doesn’t always rest in one place. It may rest with:
- An emergency physician
- A radiologist who read the imaging
- A hospitalist
- The emergency department as a whole
- A hospital system whose policies or staffing decisions shaped what was possible in that room
The review helps identify who made which decisions and when.
The goal of a case is not to punish anyone. It’s to help a family secure what they may need: compensation for the cost of care, rehabilitation, home modifications, lost wages, and the long-term financial stability that becomes necessary when a loved one’s condition requires it.
The cost of that care is real and substantial.
| Type of Care | Estimated Cost in Idaho |
| Private duty nurse (hourly rate) | $70/hour |
| Private duty nurse (visit rate) | $278/visit |
| Long-term care facility, e.g., nursing home (semi-private room) | $125,925/year |
| Long-term care facility, e.g., nursing home (private room) | $146,000/year |
Source: Genworth
For families managing the aftermath of a severe stroke, especially one involving paralysis or locked-in syndrome, these costs accumulate for years or decades. A legal case, when the evidence supports one, is one of the only mechanisms available to help cover them.
What Families Can Do Now
If you have medical records, imaging discs, discharge paperwork, or written notes from conversations with providers, preserve them. A written timeline of what happened, in as much detail as you can reconstruct, is also useful. None of this needs to be organized or complete before you reach out. We’ll help with that.
Why Trust Us with Your Loved One’s Care and Future
We take a limited number of cases. That’s intentional. It means that when you work with us, you have direct access to an attorney, not a case manager, not a rotating series of contacts, who knows your family’s situation.
The process starts with listening. We don’t come to the first conversation with conclusions. We come to it with questions.
We handle complex stroke and catastrophic injury cases. We understand the medicine, the clinical standards, and what a thorough review requires. We also understand that the families who call us are not always sure what they’re looking for. Sometimes they want answers. Sometimes they want someone to take the question seriously. We take it seriously.
You Pay Nothing to Get Started
We know that stroke care is expensive. We don’t want to become just another financial burden. We take cases with no upfront fees, and you pay us nothing unless we recover compensation for you.
Get Started Today with a Free Conversation
You don’t need to have made a decision before you call. You don’t need to know whether you have a case, whether you want one, or what you’re going to do.
The consultation is free, it’s confidential, and there’s no obligation. Its purpose is simple: to help you understand what your options are and what a review would involve.
If you’re ready to talk, Newsome Law is ready to listen.
What Our Clients Say
Real stories from families we've helped through difficult times.
5.0
Newsome Law are fantastic! They have been working on my case for the past 3+ years and I have not once had a bad experience with anyone who works there. They have worked tirelessly to help me through my accident and the medical bills that loomed overhead. I am extremely pleased and grateful to have them, fighting on my side during this period in my life.
5.0
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Newsome Law Is a step above all the rest. They are not some run-of-the-mill Firm. But rather an experienced Team of established excellence and success. As one of Newsome Law’s grateful clients, they always operated in the best interest of my family. Were always available to take my call , and were compassionate to the pain and needs of my family. Newsome Law is the right Firm for you to choose.
5.0
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5.0
Newsome Law represented me in a very positive manner. Always professional, courteous, supportive and attentive. They were always able to keep me apprised of the status of my case. The team on my case were always easy to work with and on top of all issues. I never had to wonder where we were at in the process. I would recommend them to anyone needing this type of help in the future.
5.0
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5.0
I am so pleased to have worked with this firm. The attention to detail, time spent one on one, not feeling like I was just a number and someone truly caring about what was going on with me and my case was more than I could have ever hoped for. I will use this firm again if I ever need one and will recommend to everyone who asks to reach out to Newsome Law if they find they ever need someone to represent them. More than pleased and happy with everyone and everything from the office. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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