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- Arthur P.

Tennessee Medical Malpractice Lawyers

We trust our doctors and hospitals to provide appropriate treatment and care. In cases of medical malpractice, doctors or hospitals fail to offer adequate treatment, resulting in serious injury or even death. Medical malpractice occurs when a doctor fails to treat a medical condition, makes an incorrect diagnosis, or fails to make a diagnosis, delays treatment, prescribes the wrong medication, or neglects to administer appropriate care after a diagnosis is made. In cases of medical malpractice, you and your family are usually inundated with medical expenses and other costs. You may be permanently disabled, preventing you from returning to work, and you may experience emotional pain and suffering.

In most medical malpractice cases, the victim must prove that the medical professional had a duty to provide appropriate care and failed to do so. Medical malpractice victims must also prove that they suffered an injury as a result of the health care providers negligence. In Tennessee, the statute of limitations - that is the time within which you have to file a lawsuit - for medical malpractice cases is one (1) year from the date of the incident, or one (1) year from the date when medical malpractice was or should have been discovered.

According to statistics posted on the Center for Justice and Democracy, up to 98,000 people are killed each year by medical errors in hospitals - far more than die from car accidents, breast cancer, or AIDS - and eight times as many patients are injured by medical malpractice as ever file a claim. If you have a medical malpractice case, don’t wait to seek assistance from an experienced attorney. You deserve to be compensated if you have been injured by a medical professionals negligence or wrongdoing

We will represent you and seek the recovery damages that you are entitled to that include:

medical expenses
lost wages
future earnings
future medical care
pain and suffering
grief and sorrow
mental suffering
loss of quality of life and
other possible damage claims.

Act Promptly
There are time limits for you to act, called statutes of limitations, which require you to bring a lawsuit within a limited period or risk losing the right to seek a recovery. If you have any question, you should contact us by either clicking here for e-mail or call us at 615-352-8326 and ask for Patrick Johnson.