Medical Malpractice

Birmingham, Alabama

Your Right to Quality Care
When the best possible treatment options are overlooked or omitted, patients will suffer. That suffering can last for years, sometimes decades, after the treatment is over.

About 98,000 people die from medical errors in the United States each year. When a doctor, hospital or other health care provider was careless or negligent, and you were injured as a result, they could be held liable.

Medical malpractice arises when a health care professional did not provide treatment consistent with customary and acceptable practices. Maybe you were given the wrong medication or were incorrectly diagnosed. In many cases, medical negligence has destructive, life-altering consequences that follow patients for the rest of their lives.

Elements for a Successful Suit
In medical malpractice cases, the court will consider four key elements to determine if you should be awarded damages:

• If your physician or health care provider was responsible for providing treatment
• If that person failed to provide the necessary treatment
• If you sustained injuries
• Whether your injuries were caused by the failure of that person to provide the required treatment.

Our Birmingham medical malpractice lawyers specialize in patients who have suffered birth injuries. Medical malpractice can be the result of surgical or emergency room errors, misdiagnoses, or any other form of negligence that causes injury or wrongful death.

Guilty Parties
Medical malpractice suits can be brought against specific health care officials or sometimes the institutions that employed them. Your claim can involve doctors, dentists, therapists and nurses, as well as clinics, hospitals or medical corporations.

Nobody anticipates errors in their medical care, but they do happen. These mistakes can result in health complications, loss in quality of life and costly medical bills.

If your doctor or health provider did not follow standard procedures, failed to diagnose a disease or condition or acted negligently toward you in any way, please contact the Birmingham medical malpractice attorneys at Burke, Harvey & Frankowski today. Our experienced attorneys can answer your questions and help you recover the damages to which you are legally entitled. Call or e-mail us today for a free consultation.

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