Medical Malpractice Attorney in Bowling Green

Medical malpractice occurs when a medical professional or facility is negligent in providing care and a patient is injured as a result. Doctors, nurses, nursing home staff members and other medical professionals are required to provide a certain level of care to their patients and can be considered negligent if they fail to meet these standards.

For instance, if one doctor fails to order a standard test that any other doctor in his or her position would have ordered, he or she could be considered negligent. If the patient is injured as a result, the doctor may be legally responsible for medical bills, lost wages and other losses stemming from the patient’s injury. Medical errors such as these are on the rise.

A 2016 study by Johns Hopkins calculated that more than 250,000 deaths per year in the U.S. are due to medical error, making it the third leading cause of death in our country.

While not every injury or adverse outcome is the result of medical negligence, our lawyers have helped thousands of patients who suffered injuries that could have otherwise been avoided. We handle lawsuits against:

Doctors

This includes anesthesiologists, general care doctors, specialists, surgeons and others who:

• Failed to properly read a patient’s medical chart or test results;
• Prescribed medications that conflicted with other drugs or caused an allergic reaction;
• Misdiagnosed an injury or disease or delayed a diagnosis;
• Administered too much or too little anesthesia;
• Performed the wrong surgery or an unnecessary surgery; and
• Left a surgical tool in a patient following surgery.

Hospitals

This includes staff, including nurses, technicians, and others who:

• Neglected or ignored a patient;
• Failed to monitor a patient’s vital signs;
• Delayed or failed to treat a patient according to his or her vital signs;
• Failed to properly care for a patient following surgery; and
• Failed to order standard medical tests.

Nursing homes

This includes nursing homes that:

• Failed to adequately screen staff members;
• Understaffed their facilities; and
• Failed to adequately monitor their staff.

At Morgan & Morgan, our lawyers work on a contingency-fee basis, which means your attorney will only collect a reasonable fee if he or she wins your case.

By filing a medical malpractice lawsuit, you may be able to seek compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life. If your case is successful, the amount you recover will depend on a number of specific details, such as:

• The extent of your injuries;
• Your age; and
• Whether you have any dependents.

At Morgan & Morgan, we pride ourselves on being a trial law firm that is not afraid to bring our cases to court to get our clients the compensation they deserve. We work on a contingency-fee basis, which means your attorney will only collect a reasonable fee if he or she wins your case. To find out what our Bowling Green medical malpractice lawyers can do for you, please fill out our free case evaluation form today.