As the victim of medical negligence in Birmingham, Alabama, you have rights. Your doctor has to be held accountable for their mistakes – and the hospital too. Our experienced Birmingham medical malpractice lawyers want to help you demand the compensation you deserve. Contact Belt, Bruner & Barnett Personal Injury Lawyers at 205-206-5088.
Our law firm has been a tireless advocate for victims of medical errors in Birmingham since 2002. As respected Alabama trial attorneys with over 93 years of collective experience, we’ve successfully leveraged hundreds of millions in damages from hospitals, insurance carriers, and negligent healthcare providers.
Force the results you deserve by trusting our top-rated personal injury law firm to fight for you. We offer a free consultation. Call our Birmingham, AL, law office to get started today.
How Belt, Bruner & Barnett Personal Injury Lawyers Helps Victims of Medical Negligence in Birmingham, AL
Medical malpractice litigation can be complicated. When you add in the fact that Alabama’s medical negligence laws are written more for the benefit of practitioners and hospitals than for injured patients and grieving families, it means your fight for compensation will be an uphill battle.
Hiring our Birmingham personal injury lawyers to handle your medical malpractice lawsuit can make all the difference in the world.
At Belt, Bruner & Barnett Personal Injury Lawyers, we’re known for our unwavering advocacy and unrivaled ability to get powerful hospitals, healthcare providers, and insurance companies to take accountability for their mistakes. Our client-driven representation and top-dollar recoveries have earned us honors from organizations like Super Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, Avvo, the National Association of Distinguished Counsel, and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
Rely on our team of top-rated litigators to handle every aspect of your medical malpractice case with the skill and attention it deserves; we will:
- Conduct an independent investigation into your medical malpractice case
- Assess all of the evidence we’re able to gather, including provider notes, hospital charts, medical records, communication between staff, video footage, photographs, witness statements, and more
- Hire independent medical experts to testify on your behalf and help us prove the legitimacy of your legal claim for damages
- Aggressively defend your interests as we seek a top-dollar settlement during negotiations with the hospital
- Provide the guidance and support you need throughout the claims process
- Help you make empowered decisions about the future of your medical malpractice claim
- Fight your medical malpractice lawsuit at trial if your doctor won’t take responsibility for their mistakes
We’re so confident that we can win your medical malpractice claim that we’re willing to stake our fees on the results. Our contingency fee representation means you pay nothing unless we win compensation for you.
Call our law office in Birmingham today to get started. There is no charge for your first consultation with our Alabama medical malpractice attorneys.
What is Medical Malpractice, and How Do I Prove It?
Every year, thousands of people are injured and killed because their healthcare providers make mistakes. In fact, medical errors are the third leading cause of unintentional death in the United States. It’s estimated that one-third of all doctors are sued for malpractice at some point in their careers.
When is a medical error or mistake considered malpractice?
In Alabama, a patient can sue a doctor (or hospital) if they’ve been injured or suffered the wrongful death of a family member because the doctor was negligent.
Negligence involves a deviation from expected standards of care. Alabama law sets the standard of care for medical professionals as the “reasonable care, skill, and diligence as other similarly situated health care providers in the same general line of practice ordinarily have and exercise in a like case.”
When you file a medical malpractice lawsuit in Alabama, you’ll need to prove the following:
- Your healthcare provider owed you a duty of care because of a legitimate provider-patient relationship
- Your provider failed to use the level of care, skill, and diligence expected of them in the execution of their responsibilities as your physician
- Their actions (or inaction) were the cause of an injury or death that was not a reasonably foreseeable consequence of the treatment provided
- You’ve suffered damages
Essentially, you need to demonstrate that another healthcare provider of the same specialty would have handled your case differently and, in turn, you likely would have avoided injury.
Types of Birmingham Medical Malpractice Cases We Handle
Medical errors and negligence can manifest in several different ways.
We have extensive experience representing clients and families in medical malpractice cases involving:
- Surgical errors
- Anesthesia errors
- Medication errors
- Pharmacy errors
- Emergency room errors
- Dental malpractice
- Misdiagnosis
- Cancer misdiagnosis
- Delayed diagnosis
- Failure to diagnose
- Birth injuries
- Failure to treat
Put over 93 years of collective experience behind your medical malpractice lawsuit by trusting Belt, Bruner & Barnett Personal Injury Lawyers to represent you. We offer a free consultation, so reach out to our Birmingham medical malpractice attorneys to discuss the details of your situation today.
What Compensation Can Be Awarded to Victims of Medical Errors in Birmingham, Alabama?
If you’ve been injured because of a healthcare provider’s negligence, you’ll have the right to file a legal claim for compensatory damages. Compensatory damages can include two different types of monetary awards: economic and non-economic.
Economic damages are intended to help you cope with the unexpected and burdensome financial consequences of your injuries, including:
- Current medical bills, including hospitalization, surgery, medication, and rehabilitation
- Future medical expenses related to medical devices, follow-up treatment, and travel
- Lost wages and income
- Diminished earning capacity
- Out-of-pocket expenses
- Nursing care
Non-economic damages are designed to help you cope with stress, trauma, and life changes that are more difficult to value and might include:
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional distress
- Disability
- Loss of companionship
- Reduced quality of life
- Mental anguish
- Embarrassment
- Chronic physical pain
- Physical scarring
Your doctor will fight your claim for damages with everything they’ve got. They’ll deny they made a mistake, downplay your injuries, and argue that your life hasn’t changed for the worse since you were injured. Our medical malpractice lawyers in Birmingham will fight these tactics every step of the way.
We’ll work closely with independent medical specialists throughout the claims process, relying on their expertise and insight as we build your personal injury claim. When it’s time to negotiate a settlement, we’ll have prepared a hard-hitting legal claim that puts you in the position to not only win but maximize your recovery.
If the defense doesn’t make a fair offer, we’ll be more than ready to take your dispute to a jury.
Who Can Be Liable For Medical Malpractice in Birmingham?
Medical errors can happen for a lot of different reasons. Many happen because providers are distracted, overwhelmed, and overworked. Other times, they’re the result of drug and alcohol abuse. In some situations, medical errors happen because of lapses in communication and a failure to listen to patient concerns.
Whenever someone’s negligence contributes to a medical error, they can be liable for resulting damages.
Depending on the specific circumstances of your case, liability may extend to a:
- Primary care physician
- Surgeon
- Emergency room physician
- Nurse
- Nurse practitioner
- Medical assistant
- Anesthesiologist
- Pharmacist
- Hospital administrator
- Urgent treatment center
- Chiropractor
- Midwife
Our medical negligence attorneys in Birmingham will carefully evaluate the details of your case and work to uncover precisely how a mistake was made and who’s at fault. Once liability is clear, we’ll actively work to recover life-changing compensation on your behalf.
What is the Statute of Limitations For Medical Malpractice Lawsuits in Alabama?
Most medical malpractice lawsuits in Alabama must be filed within two years of the date of the medical error. The statute of limitations can be tolled – or paused – if there’s a reasonable delay in discovering an injury.
You must file your medical malpractice claim before the applicable statute of limitations expires. Once time runs out, you will no longer have the ability to demand financial justice for your life-changing injuries.
Schedule a Free Consultation With an Experienced Birmingham Medical Malpractice Lawyer
Don’t let a doctor off the hook if their mistakes have changed the course of your life forever. You deserve justice, and Belt, Bruner & Barnett Personal Injury Lawyers is here to help you get it.
Our Birmingham personal injury attorneys have over 93 years of combined experience and a proven ability to help injured patients win top results. We’ve secured hundreds of millions in damages – and now we’re here to fight for your best interests, too.