Johnson City Medical Malpractice Law Firm
Dedicated Trial Lawyers Protecting the Injured and Their Families
Every year, thousands of people are killed or injured by physicians, surgeons, hospitals and nurses who make medical errors or the fail to provide the proper care. Many deaths due to medical errors or failures to provide proper care are never discovered because the family is told that their loved one died because of the medical condition or surgery for which they were hospitalized.
Dedicated Johnson City personal injury attorney Evan Meade has obtained six and seven figure jury verdicts and numerous large settlements against both medical doctors and hospitals. If you think that you or a loved one has been harmed by careless medical or hospital care, send us the facts for a free review.
Types of medical malpractice actions
The Greeneville medical malpractice lawyers of Even Meade & Associates provide assistance in the following areas of medical malpractice:
- Birth injuries
- Cerebral palsy
- Erbs palsy
- Anesthesiologist malpractice
- Surgical malpractice
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- Failure to diagnose malpractice
- Pathologist malpractice
- Emergency room malpractice
- Nursing malpractice
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Birth injuries
Birth injuries can include minor injuries such as bruising and forceps marks to severe problems like nerve or brain damage. In extreme cases, a newborn might suffer from Erbs palsy—a type of arm paralysis which can result from a difficult birth—or cerebral palsy—a neurological disorder which is sometimes linked to prenatal care or an improper birthing. Although not all birth injuries are the result of medical malpractice, our medical malpractice lawyers in the Kingsport area can help determine if medical negligence caused your child to be injured.
Anesthesiologist malpractice
This category of malpractice includes a number of errors:
- Waking up during a procedure
- Excessive or inadequate dosages
Serious injuries like brain damage, and even death, can arise from anesthesia errors. If you believe an anesthesiologist is responsible for your injury, you should discuss your case with a malpractice lawyer in the Greeneville area.
Surgical malpractice
Surgical malpractice is a broad area of medical malpractice and includes:
- Performing the wrong procedure
- Performing surgery on the wrong part of the body
- Incomplete procedures
- Leaving surgical instruments inside a patient
Surgical malpractice can result in serious, life-threatening injuries. If you are considering suing your doctor or other medical professional, your case requires the services of a skilled malpractice lawyer in Johnson City.
Failure to diagnose
This type of malpractice can be divided into two major categories:
- Delayed diagnosis
- Misdiagnosis
Whether a doctor overlooked or dismissed your symptoms or wrongly diagnosed you and provided incorrect treatment, failure to diagnose is a major mistake that can lead to serious injuries or death. If you believe a doctor failed to diagnose your condition, you should talk to our malpractice lawyers.
Pathologist malpractice
Pathologists examine tissue samples and cells in a laboratory and diagnose diseases such as cancer. If a pathologist makes a mistake, such as describing a cancerous tumor as benign, there can be devastating consequences for the patient. The Kingsport malpractice lawyers at Evan Meade & Associates can help determine if medical negligence occurred in connection with a pathologist.
Emergency room malpractice
A visit to the emergency room usually denotes a serious medical problem. If during an emergency room visit medical professionals fail to diagnose your condition, administer the incorrect medicine, do not provide timely treatment or commit one of many other possible instances of emergency room malpractice, a Greeneville malpractice lawyer from our law firm can help.
Nursing malpractice
Not just doctors can commit medical malpractice. Nurses can also be held liable for injuries that patients suffer. If you believe you are the victim of nursing malpractice, you should speak with a Kingsport medical malpractice lawyer.
Contact Evan Meade & Associates about your medical malpractice claim
We have considerable expertise and experience in cases involving injuries that are the result of improper care and treatment of patients by doctors, nurses, pharmacists, oral surgeons, dentists and other health care providers. Evan Meade holds the record Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict in Washington County and Carter County, Tennessee. Please contact Evan Meade & Associates anytime for your free initial consultation.
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