Medical Malpractice

Healthcare workers are some of the most trusted professionals. Healthcare workers can include doctors, nurses, pharmacists, chiropractors, and other licensed professionals. Any time you seek medical care, you place your complete trust in their hands. Each healthcare worker is held to a particular standard of care and they have a legal duty to follow that standard of care. If the standard of care is not followed, that can result in serious injuries or even death to a patient.

Damages in a medical malpractice case vary depending on whether the patient suffered serious injury or death. If there is a serious injury, the damages can include medical expenses, lost wages, out of pocket expenses, as well as physical and mental pain and suffering. If there is a death, the damages can include the value of the person’s life, pre-death mental and physical pain and suffering, funeral and burial expenses and others.

Medical malpractice cases are often very complex and time intensive. Georgia law requires that certain procedural requirements be met including attaching an expert affidavit when a lawsuit is filed. It is important that you seek legal advice from an attorney experienced with medical malpractice cases. An experienced attorney can determine who is responsible for injuries or a death, the amount of insurance available, the experts necessary for your case, and the ability to effectively litigate your case. It is easy for someone, including an attorney, who is unfamiliar with the legal system to make mistakes during this process, which could result in the inability to bring a claim.

Zach has over 17 years of experience successfully pursuing a variety of medical malpractice cases. He has built strong working relationships with the attorneys who often defend medical malpractice cases, which helps during the litigation of your case. Zach is prepared to take each medical malpractice case to trial even though he is able to resolve many of them during litigation. If you have suffered injuries from medical care or someone you know has died as a result of medical care, please reach out to Zach today for a free evaluation of the claim.