Emergency Room Malpractice Experts

Emergency room malpractice lawyers are essential to litigating scary situations. Patients go to emergency rooms expecting good medical care from well-trained doctors and nurses. Although most emergency room doctors and nurses provide excellent care, inattention, and carelessness all too often result in permanent injury or death. 

Lack of communication between doctors, nurses, and technicians, however, have caused countless injuries to patients who come to an emergency room seeking prompt and high-quality care. Any time an emergency room doctor or nurse hurriedly misdiagnoses a patient’s condition, the consequences can be dire. 

For example, Davis Adams has represented patients with deadly bacterial infections—such as necrotizing fasciitis and meningitis—who were rushed through emergency rooms, misdiagnosed as having simple viral illnesses and sent home with nearly fatal consequences.

Like all medical negligence cases, those involving emergency room errors are generally complex in nature and replete with opportunities for negligent parties to avoid taking responsibility. We diligently discover the important facts, retain world-class expert witnesses and methodically prepare emergency room error cases for trial in a way that maximizes the opportunity for a verdict that provides justice for our clients.

EMERGENCY ROOM NEGLIGENCE

HOW DOES THE “GROSS NEGLIGENCE” STANDARD APPLY TO EMERGENCY ROOM MALPRACTICE CASES?

In Georgia, believe it or not, physicians and nurses are protected from emergency room malpractice suits by state law (O.C.G.A. 51-1-29.5) from being sued if they provide negligent medical care in an emergency room. Yes, that’s right: they can be negligent, and there’s generally no legal recourse for the injured patient. Instead, the doctor or nurse must be grossly negligent (something close to careless) before the patient can sue. 

This misguided and nonsensical law, which was rammed through the Georgia legislature by big-spending corporate lobbyists, simply means that ordinary people injured by shoddy care in emergency rooms will not have access to the courts.

It also means that if you have an emergency room case, you’ll need the best and most experienced emergency room lawyer you can find. You’ve come to the right place. Davis Adams knows how to avoid the gross negligence statute, and how to beat it when there’s no way around it.

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WHAT IS THE STATUTE OF LIMITATION FOR EMERGENCY ROOM MALPRACTICE?

Normally, the statute of limitation to anesthesiology prosecution in Georgia is just two years from the date of their negligent care. For kids, the statute of limitation generally expires on the child’s 7th birthday.

However, certain conditions may expand the statute of limitation like when a physician achieves palliative care that is later detected. Other cases can entail shorter time intervals in which a case has to be pursued (by way of instance, once the negligent carrier is used by a government entity, which may activate claim telling deadlines as brief as six weeks from the date of their negligent care). Further, a few particular kinds of malpractice, like if a foreign object is left in a patient following an operation, possess special statutes of limitation (for foreign objects, it is one year from the date that the object is found ).

Thus, the best answer: it depends. And our very best advice: do not attempt to ascertain the statute of limitation in your; contact us and we will be happy to collect and examine the details required to offer you the right response. Contact Davis Adams for a consultation and advice.