PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE – PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE CASE LAWYER IN COLUMBIA, SC

PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE -PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE CASES:

(IF YOU HAVE SUFFERED INJURY TO YOUR PROPERTY, PERSON OR HEALTH)

BASICS OF THE LAW:

If a person’s or entity’s carelessness (including recklessness or willful behavior) causes damages to another, the law requires that the person at fault “make it right” or place the injured person in a position he or she would have been if the carelessness had not occurred.   We are all careless from time to time and this is why we carry liability insurance; so we can cover our own negligence when it injures someone else.

The most common kinds of injuries result from automobile, truck or motorcycle accidents.  Slip and fall injuries, professional malpractice, defective products.  These are only examples of types of injuries or the causes of injuries in which the person or entity in the wrong are (liable to) the injured person but anytime someone else’ negligence causes another damages or injury, the law requires compensation to the injured party.

HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE A CASE?

One must have three elements to have a case if they are injured by another person’s negligence and that person is a professional person licensed in a certain area of practice.

1) There must be a legal relationship such as doctor patient, attorney client, engineer and client and also a general duty to act responsibly.

2) There must be evidence of the other professional’s negligence.  Your own information and evidence is important, but in most general professional malpractice cases, you are required to have a expert in the same field and level as the professional you are suing.

MEDICAL / HOSPITAL MALPRACTICE:

(In Medical Malpractice cases (ie physicians – nurses – therapists for example) the must be an affidavit from an expert professional in the same field and level prior to filing a suit and the law provides a pre-litigation process which must be followed)

3) The damages caused must be related directly to the professional’s breach of standard or negligence.

OTHER PROFESSIONALS MALPRACTICE

For non-medical malpractice such as attorney negligence or the negligence of other professionals such as real estate professionals, engineers and the like, many times the damages are not injury to the body but are injury to property and other types of injuries.

FOR PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE / or Common Negligence Nursing Home Cases.

The attorneys of ORMOND DUNN have, in recent years, handled several Nursing Home cases as well as three Hospital malpractice case.  The most recent Nursing Home Case involved the dropping of a patient/resident by a nurse assistant causing significant back injury.  The nursing home cases we have handled have brought mid six figure settlements.  All cases are different and depend on the facts of the injury and how the injury happened.

WHY HIRE AN ATTORNEY?

WE DO NOT CHARGE A FEE UNLESS A RECOVERY IS MADE ON YOUR BEHALF.

The attorney will make sure that the liability side of the case (who was at fault) can be proven through expert opinion testimony, fact witnesses and through the existing records.    Just as important, attorneys who practice in this area are experts in making sure all potentially recoverable damages are presented.  Finally, attorneys know how to look for sources of insurance or assets to pay claims.  Insurance laws can be complex and many times the damages an injured party has exceed the policy limits of the at fault party.

WE DO:

– PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS

– NURSING HOME INJURIES

– CAR-TRUCK AND MOTORCYCLE AND BICYCLE ACCIDENTS

– DEFECTIVE OR UNSAFE PRODUCTS (PRODUCTS LIABILITY)

– WORK PLACE INJURIES AND THIRD PARTY CLAIMS

– DOG BITES – HOMEOWNER CLAIMS AND OTHER NEGLIGENCE CLAIMS.

PERSONAL INJURY – MALPRACTICE