Your Medical Malpractice & Birth Injury Attorneys Holding Healthcare Providers Accountable
When trusted medical professionals cause life‑changing harm, your family should not have to fight the system alone. We are compassionate yet relentless medical malpractice and birth injury lawyers who make your case our mission. We hold dangerous doctors, hospitals, and corporations accountable so you can focus on healing.
We Fight for the Legal Rights of Patients Harmed by Medical Negligence.
After a life-altering medical error or birth injury, hospitals and insurance companies move quickly to protect themselves. Healthcare providers circle the wagons. They are already thinking about how to defend their actions. Sometimes, records get altered. You are left in the dark. Any answers you get may be crafted to confuse you or discourage you from ever calling a lawyer.
That’s where we come in.
Van Wey & Metzler focuses on serious medical malpractice and birth injury cases that require significant attention, investigation, and care. We go deep on every case, uncovering the truth, holding negligent healthcare providers accountable, and fighting for the full compensation your family needs to move forward.
Every case we win is also a step toward making healthcare safer for the next patient.
You deserve more than an apology.
Past Verdicts & Settlements
Birth Injury
$3,650,000
IUGR / FAILURE TO TIMELY DELIVER
Birth Injury
$1,750,000
BIRTH INJURY W/ NEGLIGENT RESUSCITATION
Failed Surgery
$3,800,000
ANOXIC BRAIN INJURY DUE TO STENT MIGRATION FROM GPA PROCEDURE
Birth Injury
$3,275,000
BIRTH INJURY – FORCEPS DELIVERY
Birth Injury
$3,235,000
BIRTH INJURY – FAILURE TO DO C-SECTION / MIDWIFE CARE
Anesthesia Error
$4,500,000
ANESTHESIA ERROR – UNINTENTIONAL ESOPHAGEAL INTUBATION THAT LED TO ANOXIC BRAIN INJURY OR PE
Birth Injury
$7,000,000
FAILURE TO DO C-SECTION / VBAC
Birth Injury
$514,775
Death
Medical Malpractice
$540,000
Erb’s Palsy
Birth Injury
$250,000
TRAUMATIC VACUUM INJURY
Medical Malpractice
$1,875,000
Surgical Injury
“Christopher Duntsch was not the first Dr. Death or the last. Until we fix the system that creates and protects doctors like him, patients will continue to pay the price.”
— Attorney Kay Van Wey
- Birth injuries caused by preventable obstetric negligence, including HIE, brain damage, cerebral palsy, and serious birth trauma sustained during labor and delivery.
- A diagnosis is just the beginning. Many families spend years managing therapy, medical equipment, home modifications, and long-term nursing care, and we build cases around what that actually costs, now and for decades to come.
- Medical malpractice cases involving dangerous doctors, surgical errors, misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose, and negligent care that led to catastrophic injury or wrongful death.
We’re selective about the cases we take on, accepting only those with clear evidence of negligence and catastrophic, permanent harm. When we do take a case, you’re backed by a team known for professionalism, deep medical knowledge, and a willingness to turn over every stone.
Legal Help for Medical Malpractice and Birth Injury Cases, Without the Runaround
Did something go terribly wrong, or am I imagining it? Can I trust this lawyer, or is this just marketing? Can we survive financially if this injury is permanent? Can I afford a lawyer? Are we about to go up against a hospital with unlimited resources? How do we know we chose the right lawyer for something this serious?
If you are asking these questions, you are in the right place.
We are selective about the cases we take. When we say yes, it means we have reviewed what happened, we believe you have a case, and we are prepared to fight it seriously. You will work with a dedicated team that explains every step in plain language, secures your medical records, and partners with credible expert witnesses to build the strongest possible case.
Our fees are contingency-based. You pay nothing unless we win. If the injury is permanent, we fight for damages that reflect what that means for your family’s future.
Testimonials: What Our Clients Say
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Where We Serve Clients
When you become our client, you become part of the Van Wey & Metzler family, and you receive responsive communication and support throughout your case.
Timing Matters in Medical Malpractice and Birth Injury Cases
Medical malpractice and birth injury claims are time-sensitive. Records can be altered, evidence can disappear, and strict legal statutes of limitations can block valid claims if you wait too long. Reaching out early lets us preserve critical evidence and protect your legal rights before the other side gets too far ahead.
The Medical Malpractice & Birth Injury Attorneys Who Stand Beside You
Attorney Kay Van Wey
Kay has spent her entire legal career fighting for victims of preventable harm and has never represented an insurance company or a corporation. She grew up in a small Oklahoma town, outside of wealth or a legal family, and by the time she was 30 had tried close to 100 jury trials thanks to her start as a prosecutor.
Attorney Luke Metzler
Legal Insights
Beyond Dr. Death: Why Hospitals Influence Patient Care More Than Patients Realize
AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable: Season 2: Episode 4
In this episode, Mount Sinai’s VP for Systems, Anne Roberts, and Kay consider the question: How does a hospital sustain the compassion of healthcare while accounting for the costs of doing its business? Anne’s decades of experience, combined with Kay’s vast legal overview, provide us with a wealth of insights and direct observations. This is the second of three episodes featuring Anne Roberts.
Beyond Dr. Death: Why Good Doctors Stay Silent: The Hidden Culture Inside Hospitals
AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable: Season 2: Episode 3
This episode is a direct view of the best practices in governance and administration of American hospitals. Patient safety advocate, lawyer, and hospital administrator, Anne Roberts, details how an organizational culture of safety produces better outcomes for everyone, from patients to our healthcare providers themselves.
Beyond Dr. Death: Why America’s Healthcare System Keeps Failing Patients
AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable: Season 2: Episode 2
Matt Austin, a Patient Safety Expert at John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. An engineer with a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Matt talks to Kay about ways to dramatically improve the safety of our healthcare sector for both patients and practitioners. “Is it bad people or bad systems that cause errors?” Matt asks, “I think bad people are a pretty small minority of the harm that occurs in healthcare.
Beyond Dr. Death: Why Patient Safety Still Matters
AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable: Season 2: Episode 1
Season 2 begins with a very special conversation between host Kay Van Wey and her law partner, Luke Metzler, a birth injury attorney at Van Wey & Metzler Law Firm in Dallas, Texas. After Season 1 explored the shocking failures behind the Dr. Death case, Kay and Luke are widening the lens. This season is not just about the cases that make headlines.
Laura Beil on Dr. Death: Healthcare, Cover-Ups, and Accountability
AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable: Series Season 1 Finale.
In BONUS Episode 2 of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable, Kay Van Wey sits down with Laura Beil, the investigative journalist and host of Wondery’s Dr. Death, to talk about what most people miss. This story was labeled “true crime,” but Laura explains why it was never really a whodunit. It was a why-was-this-allowed.
“Bingo Doctor” Case — Patient Died While Doctors Played a Game.
AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable.
Who will regulate the regulators, guard the guards, or police the police? What would lead hospitals to hire, credential, and empower bad doctors? Why, in this day and age, would a game of musical bingo lead to a death in what should be a simple surgery? Nearly every member of the No More Dr. Deaths Club weighs in on a case of malpractice bingo in this bonus episode of AdvoKAYte.
Patient Safety Failures & Accountability (Kay Van Wey)
AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable.
Expert medical credentials consultant and civil litigator Anne Roberts is back again. This week Anne Roberts and host Kay Van Wey trade some of the worst healthcare and malpractice horror stories from their long careers.
How Hospitals Avoid Reporting Bad Doctors: NPDB Loopholes + Texas Tort Reform
AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable.
Patient safety should not be political, but patient safety so often comes down to policy. Hear what some states do to bring protections to the system to make it safer for everyone. Anne Roberts is a lawyer and an expert consultant on healthcare staffing and hospital privileging.
Other Dr. Deaths Exist and the Data Proves It
AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable.
Patient safety should not be political, but patient safety so often comes down to policy. Hear what some states do to bring protections to the system to make it safer for everyone. Anne Roberts is a lawyer and an expert consultant on healthcare staffing and hospital privileging.
No More Dr. Deaths, Part 2: How Medicine Changed—and Why Patients Are at Risk
AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable.
Doctors Robert Henderson and Martin Lazar are back for the second part of an electrifying interview covering how dangerous characters like Christopher Duntsch can inflict their malpractices on unsuspecting patients. In an important and wide-ranging interview, the doctors reveal many of the social and economic pressures that actively contribute to systemic failures in healthcare.
No More Dr. Deaths: Why Hospitals Still Protect Dangerous Doctors.
AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable.
Dr. Henderson and Dr. Lazar discuss the lessons learned from Dr. Death and implications for doctors and patients
Charter members of the No More Dr. Deaths Group, Dr. Robert Henderson and Dr. Martin Lazar, return to the AdvoKAYte podcast to talk with Kay about what they learned from their involvement in the Christoper…
Dr. Death Wasn’t a Fluke: Lisa McGiffert on Medical Board Failures
AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable.
Kay is joined by Lisa McGiffert, who leads the national non-profit organization Patient Safety Action Network, which was founded by Consumer Reports. Lisa has worked at all levels of the system, from local health boards to state and national legislative bodies. In an interesting and fast-paced interview, Lisa describes her 27-year career as a professional advocate for higher public healthcare standards, bringing…
Prosecuting “Dr. Death”: How DA Michelle Shughart Put a Surgeon Behind Bars
AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable.
There was a serial killer loose in Dallas. It took a long time and a lot of people to stop him. Michelle Shughart was one of those very important people. Michelle was the first prosecutor to get a life sentence against a doctor in a criminal malpractice case. Where civil authorities would only push the problem of a neurosurgeon with patient outcomes that sometimes included mutilation…
How “Dr. Death” Got Away With It: Broken Reporting, Hidden Data & NPDB Secrets
AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable.
What happens when the database of bad practitioners that was designed to inform and protect our health care system is routinely undermined by the very institutions it was designed to protect? Dr. Robert Oshel, former Associate Director for Research and Disputes for the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) tells us about the Data Bank, why it was founded, how it is used, and why it ultimately fails to protect patients from the malpractice of bad practitioners.
Inside the System That Let Dr. Death Operate: A Candid Talk with Anne Roberts
AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable.
Credentialing and Peer Review are linchpins of patient safety in a health care system that is responsible for vetting and monitoring the people who are allowed to practice in it. This episode features medical staffing expert Anne Roberts who, over a thirty-year career, helped develop national standards in best practices around vetting and credentialing doctors, surgeons, and other medical practitioners…
Residency Programs 101: What Failed in the Dr. Death Case: Kay Interviews Dr. Martin Lazar
AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable.
Welcome back to AdvoKAYte. What should a responsible person do when confronted with something so obviously wrong it simply can’t be overlooked by someone who considers themselves to be a responsible person? After he ascertained the unbelievable, that Christopher Duntsch was a trained neurosurgeon who was licensed to practice in Texas, Dr. Henderson tried to get someone in authority to stop Duntsch…
Speaking Out Against Dr. Death: Dr. Robert Henderson’s Fight for Patient Safety: Part 2:
AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable.
Welcome back to AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable. In Part Two of this riveting episode, Kay Van Wey continues her conversation with Dr. Robert Henderson as he shares the aftermath of his decision to speak out about Dr. Christopher Duntsch. Despite enormous resistance, Dr. Henderson persisted—filing reports, contacting medical boards, and ultimately helping bring a dangerous surgeon to justice…
Speaking Out Against Dr. Death: Dr. Robert Henderson’s Fight for Patient Safety: Part 1:
AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable.
In this powerful episode, Kay Van Wey sits down with Dr. Robert Henderson, the spine surgeon who took a stand and helped expose one of the most shocking medical scandals in modern history: the Dr. Death case. Dr. Henderson shares his firsthand account of how he became involved in the case of Christopher Duntsch, what he discovered during the revision surgery that changed everything, and the moment he realized he had a duty to speak up—no matter the cost…
Exposing Medical Negligence: Dr. Death & Why Kay Van Wey Started AdvoKayte
Welcome to the very first episode of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable.
Hosted by nationally recognized medical malpractice attorney Kay Van Wey, this podcast is dedicated to empowering patients, families, and caregivers to navigate today’s complex healthcare system.In this episode, Kay shares her personal journey—from her small-town roots to becoming a leading advocate for patient safety…
How to Know If You May Have a Case
You may have a case if:
- A doctor ignored obvious warning signs until it was too late
- A serious complication was missed or delayed
- A preventable birth injury occurred
- A loved one died unexpectedly during medical care
- A hospital representative has already contacted you
Van Wey & Metzler accepts only catastrophic, medical malpractice, birth injury, and brain injury cases. Not sure if this applies to your situation?
We represent clients from all across the United States. If you or a loved one has been injured by medical negligence of a healthcare provider or facility, contact us now for a free consultation.