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Medical Malpractice

Georgia Medical malpractice cases can get exceedingly complicated, emotionally involving, and wound up in red tape if claimants don't take due care from the beginning to organize and strategize with a qualified attorney.

In Georgia, many cases fall under the broad medical malpractice umbrella. Essentially, a claimant can bring suit against a doctor, surgeon, hospital, or other healthcare provider in the event that a misdiagnosis, bad treatment, delay, error, or omission directly or indirectly leads to unavoidable harm. Matters must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Georgia law requires that a claimant show that the provider had a specific duty to the patient and breached that obligation. As a result of this breach, the patient then suffered an injury. This is a rather full burden of proof to meet. In other words, for instance, just because a doctor gave you the wrong prescription or ordered the wrong procedure; unless you can show that that doctor's error, omission, or other form of negligence proximately caused you harm, you won't win a malpractice suit.

On the other hand, given how complicated and diverse these cases can be, many patients experience "malpractice" without even knowing it! For instance, a doctor may have ordered the wrong kind of blood screening test for you; and as a result of the delay this test caused, you suffered a complication that would not have resulted had the doctor followed correct procedure. In this kind of case, there is no way a patient would know what that "correct procedure" was to have been, unless the patient was a practicing physician him or herself.

When should you approach a Georgia medical malpractice attorney about a potential medical malpractice case?

Again, the answer depends on the circumstances. If you or a loved one has been seriously hurt while being treated for a condition, and you have an inclination that your care was substandard or otherwise less than ideal, it may behoove you to consult a personal injury attorney at Farah & Farah. Please feel call us at 1.912.466.8896. The team of Farah & Farah offers free and confidential consultations to potential claimants. Our firm takes Georgia medical malpractice cases on contingency basis: you don't pay any money upfront if we agree to take your case. Our compensation comes as a percentage of the monies you recover.

Obviously, the fact that you can get contingency representation makes it easier for you to file for liability. But bear in mind that these matters can be quite complicated and involving – even if they don't wind up in court (in fact, most medical malpractice matters do not go to trial).

In general, record conversations with your healthcare providers and monitor your health and reactions to medications, treatments, and surgeries. The more documentation you have, the better you can advocate for yourself as a claimant, if the matter comes to that.