# Thomas & Wan, LLP > Thomas & Wan, LLP is a Houston, Texas medical malpractice law firm specializing in birth injury, surgical error, medication error, misdiagnosis, and brain injury cases. The firm works on a contingency fee basis — clients pay nothing unless they win. ## About Thomas & Wan, LLP is a Houston-based law firm that focuses exclusively on medical malpractice and birth injury litigation. With decades of combined legal and medical experience, the firm represents families and individuals who have been harmed by preventable medical errors. The firm handles cases throughout Texas and works with leading medical experts to build strong cases for their clients. ## Practice Areas - [Medical Malpractice](https://www.thomasandwan.com/cases-we-handle/medical-malpractice): Representing victims of negligent medical care including hospital errors, physician negligence, and failures in the standard of care. - [Birth Injuries](https://www.thomasandwan.com/cases-we-handle/birth-injuries): Cases involving preventable injuries during labor and delivery, including cerebral palsy and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). - [Cerebral Palsy from Medical Negligence](https://www.thomasandwan.com/cases-we-handle/birth-injuries/cerebral-palsy): Dedicated page on how labor and delivery negligence — failed fetal monitoring, delayed C-section, HIE — causes cerebral palsy, and how Texas law governs these claims. - [Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) from Medical Negligence](https://www.thomasandwan.com/cases-we-handle/birth-injuries/hypoxic-ischemic-encephalopathy): Deep-dive page on HIE caused by failure to respond to fetal distress, delayed C-section, cord accidents, and failure to initiate cooling therapy. Includes Sarnat grading, standard of care, and Texas legal requirements. - [Fetal Heart Monitoring Failures](https://www.thomasandwan.com/cases-we-handle/birth-injuries/fetal-heart-monitoring-problems): Dedicated page on when fetal-monitoring problems may warrant a malpractice investigation — failure to monitor, misinterpretation, failure to escalate, delayed intervention or delivery, and oxytocin-related concerns. Explains what the tracing can and cannot establish, the records experts review, and why an abnormal tracing alone does not prove malpractice. - [Complications of Childbirth](https://www.thomasandwan.com/cases-we-handle/complications-of-childbirth): Handling cases where complications such as preeclampsia, placental abruption, or fetal distress were mismanaged. - [Brain Injuries](https://www.thomasandwan.com/cases-we-handle/brain-injuries): Representing families of children and adults who suffered brain damage due to medical negligence, including HIE (hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy). - [Surgical Errors](https://www.thomasandwan.com/cases-we-handle/surgical-errors): Cases involving wrong-site surgery, anesthesia errors, retained surgical instruments, and other preventable surgical mistakes. - [Medication Errors](https://www.thomasandwan.com/cases-we-handle/medication-errors): Representing patients harmed by wrong medications, incorrect dosages, dangerous drug interactions, or pharmacy errors. - [Misdiagnosis](https://www.thomasandwan.com/cases-we-handle/misdiagnosis): Cases where a delayed diagnosis, failure to diagnose, or incorrect diagnosis led to patient harm or death. ## Service Areas - [Texas Cities We Serve](https://www.thomasandwan.com/service-areas): Statewide representation across 25+ Texas cities including Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth, El Paso, Arlington, Corpus Christi, Plano, Lubbock, Laredo, Irving, Garland, Amarillo, Grand Prairie, McKinney, Frisco, Brownsville, Killeen, Pasadena, McAllen, Mesquite, Beaumont, Waco, and Midland. Includes major hospitals in each city. ## Legal Reference Pages - [Texas Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitations](https://www.thomasandwan.com/texas-medical-malpractice-statute-of-limitations): Authoritative explainer on the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code Chapter 74 two-year filing deadline, the 10-year statute of repose, tolling for minors under 12, the foreign-object exception, fraudulent-concealment tolling, the constitutional open-courts doctrine, and the procedural 60-day pre-suit notice and 120-day expert-report deadlines. - [Medical & Legal Malpractice Glossary](https://www.thomasandwan.com/glossary): Plain-English definitions of 50+ medical and legal terms patients encounter in Texas malpractice cases — standard of care, expert report, statute of limitations, HIE, res ipsa loquitur, respondeat superior, Chapter 74, damage caps, and more. ## Key Pages - [Home](https://www.thomasandwan.com/) - [About the Firm](https://www.thomasandwan.com/about-thomas-wan-llp) - [Cases We Handle](https://www.thomasandwan.com/cases-we-handle) - [Contact Us](https://www.thomasandwan.com/contact-us) - [Frequently Asked Questions](https://www.thomasandwan.com/faq) - [Client Testimonials](https://www.thomasandwan.com/testimonials) - [Blog](https://www.thomasandwan.com/blog) ## Featured Articles - [Can You Sue If You Signed a Consent Form?](https://www.thomasandwan.com/blog/can-you-sue-if-you-signed-a-consent-form): Explains that consent forms cover known risks, not medical negligence — patients can still sue for malpractice even after signing. - [Emergency Room Errors and Medical Malpractice](https://www.thomasandwan.com/blog/emergency-room-errors-medical-malpractice): Covers common ER mistakes including misdiagnosis, premature discharge, and triage failures, and when they constitute malpractice under Texas law. ## Verdicts & Settlements Trial verdicts and settlements obtained for Thomas & Wan clients. Each result is summarized by the attorney who handled the case. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. - [Our Results — Verdicts & Settlements Index](https://www.thomasandwan.com/case-results): Complete list of trial verdicts and settlements with attorney commentary. - [Jury Vindication After Hospital Failed to Prevent Devastating Infection](https://www.thomasandwan.com/case-results/jury-vindication-after-hospital-failed-to-prevent-devastating-infection): Jury verdict for a client discharged from a hospital trauma service without antibiotics or infectious disease consult after a contaminated soft-tissue injury, who then developed sepsis requiring multiple surgeries. Authored by Linda L. Thomas. ## Agent Tools Available This site exposes WebMCP tools for AI agents and browser-based assistants. When the page is loaded in a WebMCP-aware client, the following tools register against navigator.modelContext: - search_site: Keyword search across practice area pages, contact info, the glossary, FAQ, and blog posts. Returns up to ten matching pages with title, URL, and excerpt. - search_site_form: Declarative form that loads the blog search results page for a given keyword. - request_consultation: Submits a free, confidential consultation request to Thomas and Wan, LLP on the user's behalf. Requires name, email, and a brief description of the situation. Optional phone number. ## Contact - Firm: Thomas & Wan, LLP - Office: 1710 Sunset Blvd, Houston, TX 77005 - Phone: (713) 529-1177 - Email: info@thomasandwan.com - Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM (Central Time). Weekends by appointment. - Website: https://www.thomasandwan.com - Free consultations. 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