One of Alabama’s Top Medical Negligence Law Firms.
As patients, we place our trust in the competence and skills of trained medical professionals when we need treatment. When medical malpractice or negligence occurs, it can be devastating. Doctors, nurses, and other healthcare practitioners are responsible for upholding certain standards designed to keep patients safe. When they fail to do so, our Birmingham Medical Malpractice Attorneys can help you fight for your rights.
Our Alabama medical malpractice lawyers represent individuals who have suffered serious, life-altering injuries as a result of medical negligence. We also assist the families of loved ones who died as a result of medical malpractice.
Whether you needed costly medical care as a result of your injuries, suffered lost wages or income, dealt with severe pain and suffering, or faced serious emotional distress, our Alabama medical malpractice attorneys are here to provide the compassionate legal counsel and aggressive litigation you need. Call (800) 568-5330 or (205) 328-5330 to learn how we can help your case.
What is Medical Malpractice?
Medical malpractice, also known as medical negligence, is a term used to describe instances in which medical professionals—including hospitals, doctors, nurses, anesthesiologists, dentists, surgeons, and other practitioners—fail to act in a way that is compliant with the standard of care accepted throughout the medical community. At Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, our Alabama medical malpractice attorneys represent victims and their family members in cases involving a medical professional who breached the standard of care in diagnosing or treating a medical condition.
We handle a wide variety of medical malpractice and medical negligence cases, including those that involve:
- Surgical errors
- Spinal cord injuries
- Anesthesia errors
- Brain injuries
- Pregnancy difficulties
- Emergency room errors
- Delay of treatment
- Failure to diagnose
- Medication errors
- Birth injuries
- Misdiagnosis
- Emergency room delay
- Prescription errors
- Pharmacy errors
- Late diagnosis errors
- Obstetrical/gynecological malpractice
- Paraplegia and quadriplegia
- Nursing and hospital malpractice
- Nursing negligence
Handling Complex Malpractice Claims
Medical malpractice cases are often incredibly complex. Victims must prove that the healthcare providers’ treatment fell below the standard of care and that such sub-standard treatment caused the victim’s injuries.
Proving liability can be difficult in medical negligence cases. In most cases, the victims of medical negligence must put up one or more medical experts to testify about the standard of care and the cause of the victim’s injury. Typically, healthcare providers will then hire their own experts to testify on those topics. In Alabama, the Alabama Medical Liability Act imposes several burdens that an injured person must satisfy to win a medical malpractice case. Such laws are designed to make it very difficult for patients and their families to make any type of recovery.
At Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, our Alabama medical lawyers have years of experience handling medical malpractice cases, with several of our lawyers devoting the large majority of their practice to medical malpractice cases. We also have staff members experienced in assisting our lawyers in medical malpractice cases, including an on-staff nurse practitioner who brings considerable medical knowledge and healthcare industry experience to the table.
We have represented hundreds of individuals throughout Alabama who have been injured or lost a loved one as a result of medical negligence. We have obtained hundreds of settlements and jury verdicts that exceed $1 million, including some that exceed $10 million. In the past ten years alone, we have obtained over $150 million for clients in medical negligence cases.
Our lawyers are based in Birmingham, but we handle medical malpractice cases across Alabama. In just the past two years, we have represented clients in medical malpractice actions filed throughout Alabama, including in Birmingham, Anniston, Montgomery, Dothan, Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, Gadsden, Mobile, Brewton, Guntersville, Talladega, and Tuscumbia.
We are incredibly selective about the types of medical malpractice claims we take on and will only accept cases after a thorough evaluation. Typically, the individuals we choose to represent have suffered severe or debilitating harm, permanent injuries, or the death of a family member. Our selective focus allows us a greater ability to use our extensive resources, time, and knowledge to fight for the just recovery you deserve.