Suspect Legal or Medical Malpractice? Get REAL Help From Our Skilled NC Malpractice Attorneys

If you suspect that you've been the victim of a medical or legal mistake, you probably have a lot of questions.

Lawyers and medical doctors in Greensboro, North Carolina have the same training as those in other parts of the North Carolina. They had to go to college and graduate school before being awarded a Doctorate Degree to practice law or medicine.

After becoming doctors or attorneys they must pass exams and/or undergo internships. But no amount of training and experience keeps them from making legal or medical mistakes that too often results in serious injury or death. Lawyers can make a statute of limitations mistake or a doctor can violate the North Carolina standard of care.

Doctors can prescribe the wrong drug or miss a diagnosis. Attorneys can fail to sue the proper party. These mistakes happen in Greensboro, North Carolina and everywhere.

Medical and legal mistakes happen can happen anywhere

Medical malpractice can involve doctors that are general practitioners, surgeons, psychiatrists, ophthalmologists, gynecologists, and pediatricians and may involve nurse negligence, hospital error, nursing home negligence, or chiropractic negligence.

Medical negligence can consist of making the wrong diagnosis including failure to diagnose breast cancer, lung cancer or other cancers. It can also involve operations such as a gall bladder operation (laparoscopic cholecystectomy or "lap choly") in which in which the common bile duct is mistakenly cut. Birth defects can result from failure to timely deliver a baby by C-Section. Sometimes the surgeon or nurse will leave a sponge, pad, or needle in the patient resulting in injury and a lawsuit.

A patient while in the hospital or nursing home may catch a hospital infection (nosocomial disease) such as MRSA, which will result in an average additional expense of over $60,000 according to a publication by Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina.

The most common nursing home negligence cases in North Carolina involve patient dehydration and bed sores (decubitus ulcer). Lawsuits in nursing home cases can result in favorable settlements or jury verdicts.

Although Egerton & Associates has its main office in Greensboro, North Carolina, Egerton lawyers handle malpractice cases anywhere in North Carolina.  In addition to handling cases against Cone Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina Egerton attorneys have handled cases against Bowman Gray, Baptist Hospital, and Forsyth Medical Hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

In addition, Egerton attorneys have had cases against Randolph Hospital in Asheboro, North Carolina; Alamance Hospital in Burlington, North Carolina; High Point Regional in High Point, North Carolina; University of North Carolina Hospital in Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Annie Penn Hospital in Reidsville, North Carolina. These cases involved permanent injury or death.

We Understand the Pitfalls of Medical Malpractice Cases in North Carolina

In North Carolina before filing a medical malpractice lawsuit a person must comply with Rule 9J. This Rule requires that the medical records be reviewed by a qualified medical expert who certifies that in his or her opinion medical malpractice has occurred. Further, the expert must be willing to testify in court.

It is virtually impossible to get a North Carolina doctor to testify against another North Carolina doctor so it is our practice to get an out of state doctor to review the case and render an opinion. Getting a doctor willing to do a review is not easy and they always want a substantial fee of several thousand dollars. Egerton lawyers are experienced in getting qualified doctors to review its malpractice cases.

Get REAL Help With Your Medical or Legal Malpractice Case - Contact Our Offices TODAY!

If Egerton lawyers think you have a substantial winnable case they will advance the fee in addition to taking your case on a contingent basis - if you don't win there is no fee. Call us - we will be glad to discuss your case with you without charge.



Egerton & Associates represents clients through the state of North Carolina including: Guilford County, Forsyth County, Randolph County, Rockingham County, Montgomery County, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point, Asheboro, Kernersville, Burlington, Graham, Mebane, Thomasville, Denton, Eden, Reidsville, Salisbury, Walkertown, Belews Creek, Clemmons, Jamestown, Randleman, Madison, Siler City, Climax and Elon.

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• Specifically which DePuy units were recalled?
• How can I find out if I have a DePuy ASR hip implant?
• What should I do if I find out that my hip replacement surgery used a DePuy ASR hip implant?