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You are responsible when your pit bull bites someone and causes injury. Animal control can quarantine the animal to make sure there are no rabies, and you will probably be fined for not immunizing or having your pit bull licensed pursuant to law. Additionally, if the dog is known for biting people, you can be penalized for that, and the child's family may try to sue you. If the dog is declared as a dangerous animal, that is one that is known to bite people, it might be destroyed.

Medical malpractice has the legal standard off whether the doctor's performance fell below the standard of care. You need an expert physician to opine that these prior doctor's acted below the standard of care. That's te first hurdle. The second hurdle is that you likely signed a consent form acknowledging a host of possible complications. If your current situation is one that was discussed with you or waived by your consent form, then you have that hurdle to overcome as well. My suggestion is that you speak with an experienced medical malpractice attorney to get an opinion of whether you have a case. There are not enough facts provided by you here to make a valid assessment. Nearly all such attorneys will provide you a free consultation. Having copies of your medical records is something you will need to get, but even if you request them, they usually do not produce the entirety of your file. That usually happens only in litigation (assuming of course that they have not sanitized the file by removing or altering records to avoid liability to you for their poor performance).

The fact that the machine seemes to have malfunctioned does not automatically give rise to any litigation or cause of action.  If you were not injured, or your injury was not severe, you have no cause of action.