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You turn to the medical profession for trusted help when you need it most, and – if, instead of receiving the help you require – you’re injured in the process, it leaves you in an exceptionally challenging position. If a medical professional or medical facility’s negligence causes you or someone you love to be harmed, you need the professional legal representation of an experienced Bennettsville, SC, medical malpractice attorney backing you up.
The Threshold for Medical Malpractice in South Carolina
Medical malpractice is a complex legal matter. To begin, the courts recognize that people make mistakes, and this includes those in the medical profession. For a doctor’s actions to qualify as medical malpractice, they must have gone beyond the boundaries that other medical professionals would have under similar circumstances. This can mean failing to provide the level of care that other reasonably prudent medical professionals would have or engaging in a practice that other reasonably prudent medical professionals wouldn’t have.
Proving that a medical professional deviated from professional standards to this degree is a serious undertaking. Doing so generally requires having the testimony of expert witnesses who can speak knowledgeably regarding the medical professional’s actions or inactions in relation to the relevant circumstances.
The Kinds of Incidents that Often Support Medical Malpractice Claims
Your medical malpractice claim will be unique to you and your situation, but most medical malpractice cases fall into categories like the following:
- Failing to diagnose or failing to treat, including failing to adequately treat infections
- Misdiagnosis
- Errors related to surgery, including anesthesia errors
- Birth injuries – to either the newborn child or to the mother
- Prescription errors
Beyond these primary classifications, there are also what are termed never events, and they refer to errors that should never happen but sometimes do, including:
- Performing surgery on the wrong patient
- Performing the wrong surgery
- Performing the right surgery but on the wrong body part, such as the left knee instead of the right
- Leaving a medical tool or implement inside the patient
Your Full Range of Legal Damages
If you’ve been harmed by medical malpractice, you’re entitled to just compensation in each of the following areas:
- The medical expenses you incur, which include those related to the health complications you experience.
- Your lost wages, which may need to address a long absence from work and serious losses in relation to earning potential.
- The physical and emotional pain and suffering you endure as a result of the medical professional’s negligence, which South Carolina caps.
Make the Call to an Experienced Bennettsville Medical Malpractice Lawyer Today
The diligent medical malpractice attorneys at Douglas Jennings Law Firm have a clear understanding of the losses you’re dealing with, and we dedicate our imposing practice to helping clients like you prevail with just settlements and court awards. We faithfully serve clients like you throughout Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Horry, Kershaw, Lee, Marion, Marlboro, and Williamsburg Counties – so please don’t wait to contact us online or call 843-479-2865 today.