| Welcome to the Medical
Malpractice webpage for Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.,
P.A.
The firm developed this page to provide
information about the legal rights of victims and
families of those injured because of medical error.
Through our personal injury practice, we have helped
victims of medical error receive equitable
compensation. If you have been injured or misdiagnosed
because of medical malpractice, or if you have lost a
loved one to medical negligence, please contact
our attorneys today. We are committed to helping those
whose lives have been damaged due to the negligence of
others, and we work hard and passionately to
effectively represent our clients to insurance
companies and the courts. While it is impossible to
rectify the impact of personal injury on a person or
family's life, we believe that financial compensation
can help to ease the burden.
Millions of Americans
everyday benefit from healthcare and medicine.
Unfortunately, far too many are injured or die due to
medical mistakes. Under the law, healthcare
professionals are required to only provide a standard
of care that is ordinary or normal. A physician is
determined to be negligent when they have failed to
use the same degree of skill and learning, under the
same or similar circumstances, that are used by other
members of the medical profession. Ignorance,
negligence, lack of skill and misdiagnosis may result
in a healthcare provider's failure to give the
expected standard of care. Even the medical products
and prescription medication designed to benefit
patients can be dangerous. In these cases, the drug
manufacturer or medical device maker may be liable for
negligence in their responsibility to provide
consumers with safe products.
The leading types of
malpractice claims include:
- Failure or error
in timely diagnosis,
- Failure to order
appropriate treatment,
- Failure to order
necessary tests and proper medication,
- Failure to consult
with specialists,
- Mistakes in
surgical procedures,
- Wrongful death,
- Birth defects or
injuries,
- Hospital,
physician, and nursing negligence,
- Nursing home
injuries and elder abuse, and
- Pharmaceutical
errors.
When medical
negligence is proven, victims are entitled to recover
"damages" to help them return to the
condition they were in prior to the injury. Damages
may be economic (for lost wages or medical expenses),
non-economic (for pain and suffering), or punitive (to
punish reckless behavior). Medical malpractice claims
are one of the most difficult areas of litigation,
since the negligent action must be documented and proven
within specific guidelines. Our expert medical
malpractice lawyers have the experience and resources
to thoroughly investigate, document and prove a claim.
We will represent your interests against the team of
adjustors, investigators and attorneys that represent
the insurance company.
If you suspect that
you are a victim of malpractice, time is of the
essence. The attorneys at Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.,
P.A. have the experience and resources to thoroughly
investigate and prove your case. Our team of medical
litigation professionals can help prepare your medical
injury claim, wrongful death suit and any other
lawsuit where a healthcare provider may have caused
harm to you. You can reach us in Clinton, MD at
(301)856-3030, Dunkirk, MD at (301)855-3100 or
(410)257-0400, or you may contact us online via our contact
form.
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