Medical errors are one of the most common causes of unintentional injury and death across the United States. Doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers can make costly mistakes in judgment and treatment when they’re fatigued, overworked, or have an ego too big to listen to patient concerns. When you suffer injuries because of a healthcare provider’s negligence in Birmingham, Alabama, it’s important to do everything you can to hold them accountable.
By filing a medical malpractice lawsuit, you can demand compensation for your injuries and deter the kind of behavior that put you in this situation in the first place.
Medical malpractice litigation can be quite challenging, thanks in large part to Alabama’s provider-friendly medical malpractice laws. When you consider that you’ll be taking on a powerful entity in the healthcare industry, it’s essential to do everything you can to level the playing field and increase your odds of victory. That’s why victims of medical negligence turn to the Birmingham injury lawyers at Singleton Schreiber.
Our Birmingham medical malpractice lawyers are award-winning legal advocates with decades of hands-on experience litigating high-stakes cases like yours. As unwavering advocates for justice, we’ve successfully obtained millions of dollars in jury verdicts and settlement awards for our clients. Now, our local litigators are prepared to invest our law firm’s national resources into making your medical malpractice case a life-changing success, too.
Contact our law office in Birmingham today to schedule a free consultation.
Representing Clients in All Types of Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
Medical malpractice can broadly be described as a healthcare provider’s failure to demonstrate the level of care, skill, or diligence expected of them in their specialty within the medical community.
Not all instances of malpractice will give rise to litigation. However, if a doctor, nurse, specialist, or other healthcare provider’s malpractice causes a patient’s injury or wrongful death, they can be liable for damages in a personal injury lawsuit.
Some of the most common reasons that medical malpractice lawsuits are filed include:
- Diagnostic mistakes: including failure to diagnose, misdiagnosis, and delayed diagnosis
- Surgical errors: including wrong-site surgery, performing surgery on the wrong patient, improper surgical techniques, or leaving a foreign object in a patient’s body after surgery
- Anesthesia errors: such as errors in administering anesthesia, dosing errors, failing to monitor a patient under anesthesia, or intubation errors
- Medication errors: such as improper dosage, dispensing errors, adverse drug reactions or interactions with other medications, prescription errors, and administering the wrong medication to the wrong patient
- Birth injuries: including failing to monitor, failing to perform a timely C-Section, or improper use of medical equipment
- Hospital-acquired infections: dangerous infections acquired because of contaminated equipment, improper hand-washing and sanitization practices, or poor hospital procedures
- Medical device errors: including improper use of medical devices and equipment and/or use of defective medical equipment
These types of mistakes can often be avoided but happen when healthcare providers don’t take the time and effort necessary to utilize their full knowledge, skill, and experience in the medical field. When you or someone you care about gets hurt as a result, you have the right to take action to hold that provider accountable. Singleton Schreiber can help you assert your rights and demand the financial justice you deserve.
What Compensation Can I Get If I Win My Medical Malpractice Lawsuit?
As the victim of medical malpractice in Birmingham, AL, you’ll be able to seek compensatory damages through a civil tort action.
Compensatory damages can provide money for your objective financial losses (known as economic damages) and the subjective suffering and life changes you experience as a victim (known as non-economic damages).
Working with an experienced Birmingham medical malpractice attorney can help you win damages for:
- Medical bills
- Rehabilitation
- Nursing care
- Lost wages
- Short-term and/or long-term disability
- Reduced earning capacity
- Pain and suffering
- Loss of consortium
- Emotional distress
- Inconvenience
- Reduced quality of life
- Chronic physical pain
- Physical disfigurement
You will only have a limited amount of time to bring a lawsuit against a doctor, nurse, surgeon, specialist, a healthcare facility, or another liable party. Under Alabama law, the statute of limitations for most medical malpractice cases is two years from the date the malpractice occurred.
Trust Our Birmingham Medical Malpractice Lawyers to Fight For Maximum Compensation
You trusted your doctor. You trusted the hospital. They made a mistake, and now your life has changed – maybe forever. Your doctor has to be held accountable, and Singleton Schreiber can offer the hard-hitting legal representation you’ll need to make that happen.
Our Birmingham medical malpractice lawyers are passionate legal advocates with a demonstrated track record of success. When you put us in your corner, you do more than level the playing field. You make it clear that you won’t be walking away without the full compensation you need to get your life back on track.
You’ll also have time to focus on your recovery while our skilled legal team:
- Investigates your medical negligence claim
- Evaluates critical evidence, such as medical records, communication between staff members, hospital policies and procedures, staffing logs, equipment maintenance and inspection records, photographs, video footage, and eyewitness statements
- Brings in reliable medical experts who specialize in areas of interest to your case
- Prepares a powerful legal claim that highlights liability and clearly demonstrates the ways in which you’ve suffered because of your doctor’s mistakes
- Aggressively pursues a maximum settlement during negotiations with the defense
- Offers key insight, advice, and guidance so that you can make informed decisions about your medical malpractice case
- Represents you at trial if your medical malpractice lawsuit goes before a jury
We’re the Birmingham personal injury attorneys that the hospital doesn’t want to see on the other side of the negotiating table. Count on us to do what we do best and help you achieve maximum compensation for your medical negligence claim.
We represent victims of medical negligence on a contingent basis, so it won’t cost anything to hire our law firm until we’ve won compensation for you. Reach out to arrange your free consultation to get started. Members of our Birmingham law office are here to help 24 hours a day.
