Tifton Medical Malpractice Attorneys
Medical errors, causing seriously injury or death, are alarmingly common in the U.S. A study published in the Journal of Patient Safety, in 2013, estimated that there were more than 400,000 deaths every year as a result of preventable harm to patients, and that serious injuries were 10 to 20 times more common. Yet, only a tiny percentage of medical malpractice victims seek compensation for their injuries. The Tifton medical malpractice attorneys of Langdale Vallotton, LLP, are dedicated to helping medical malpractice victims and their loved ones recover the compensation they deserve, against all odds, and we have a proven track record of success in doing so.
Examples of Medical Malpractice
Examples of the types of medical negligence that can cause injury or death leading to a medical malpractice case include:
- Failure to diagnose, delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis
- Medication error
- Unsanitary conditions leading to nosocomial infections
- Surgical error
- Failure to obtain informed consent
- Anesthesia error
- Emergency room malpractice
- Obstetric malpractice causing birth injury, injury to the mother, or both
- Needle stick
- Failure to advise a patient of diagnosis or treatment options
- Wrong treatment for the condition
- Continuing an ineffective treatment
- Unnecessary procedure, medication, or treatment
- Patient abandonment
Why You Must Take Action Right Away
If you wait too long to take legal action, you will lose your right to compensation, no matter how much you deserve it. The time limit for filing your medical malpractice lawsuit, called the statute of limitations, is two years from the date of injury or the date that the injury was discovered. If a government entity was responsible for your injury you could have as little as six months to take action.
Another time limit you have to contend with is the statute of repose. That limits you to five years from the date of injury, even if the injury was not discovered until years after it occurred as is often the case with failure to diagnose. There are certain circumstances that override the statute of repose including concealment by fraud and having a foreign object left inside your body after surgery.
Our Tifton medical malpractice attorneys are here to protect and preserve your rights. Please, do not wait until it is too late to call us and get started.
If you know or believe that you have been harmed by medical malpractice please call the Tifton medical malpractice attorneys of Langdale Vallotton, LLP, at (229) 244-5400 or contact us online right away to schedule your free initial consultation.
