Duluth is home to first-class healthcare, including the Gwinnett Medical Center. Even though Duluth residents have access to the best physicians, medical malpractice can still occur. When an individual experiences complications or injuries due to a hospital or medical professional’s negligence, medical malpractice has occurred.
If you believe you are a victim of medical malpractice, Brauns Law Accident Injury Lawyers, PC may file a lawsuit on your behalf seeking financial compensation for physical, mental, and emotional damages. David Brauns is a reputable Duluth medical malpractice lawyer who can help you recover compensation for your medical bills, loss of wages, pain and suffering, and more.
The Brauns Law Accident Injury Lawyers, PC team will fight to hold negligent medical professionals accountable and obtain the most compensation allowable by law so you can focus on your recovery. Call 404-418-8244 for a free review of your case now.
How to Prove Medical Malpractice
To successfully win a medical malpractice claim in Georgia, the plaintiff must meet two important criteria.
You must prove:
- The medical provider failed to provide a duty of care.
- The breach of this duty is the cause of the injury.
When medical professionals act negligently or commit an error easily prevented, it is considered a failure to exercise the required duty of care. For example, a doctor may need to operate on your shoulder to access the tendons. While these sorts of procedures are unfortunate, they are usually a necessary part of the process and not unreasonable by any means.
But what if the technician that day marks the wrong shoulder for surgery, on which the surgeon then operates? In this case, the medical professionals acted negligently. They have a duty of care to protect their patients from such mistakes.