Bowling Green Medical Malpractice Lawyers

Bowling Green Medical Malpractice Lawyers

If you or a loved one suffered an injury under the care of a doctor or medical provider, you may be eligible to recover compensation in a medical malpractice claim. The Bowling Green medical malpractice lawyers from Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers can help. We hold doctors, healthcare providers, and medical facilities liable to recover the damages our clients deserve.

Our Bowling Green office is on Campbell Lane, about two miles from the Greenwood Mall. If you are considering a medical malpractice claim, a Bowling Green personal injury lawyer from our firm can help. Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers offers a free case evaluation. If you enlist our help, we do not get paid until we recover money for you.

To schedule a free consultation today, call 800-800-4600.

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Common Types of Medical Malpractice Cases We Handle

Medical malpractice can encompass any situation in which a doctor fails to uphold their duty of care, and a patient suffers injury as a result. The Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers team has helped many malpractice victims recover damages. We handle the following types of malpractice cases and more:

Misdiagnosis

A misdiagnosis occurs when a doctor makes an incorrect diagnosis of a patient’s symptoms, despite having enough information to make the correct diagnosis.

When a doctor misdiagnoses a serious medical condition, the patient may suffer a long-term injury, as their condition is often more advanced and difficult to treat by the time the correct diagnosis occurs.

Ailments that doctors often diagnose incorrectly include:

• Cancer
• Heart attacks
• Heart disease
• Pulmonary embolism
• Infection

We can hold your doctor accountable for misdiagnosing your ailment.

Failure to Diagnose

Similar to misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose is where your doctor does not pick up on your symptoms and recognize that you have a serious condition.

We can take action against your doctor for failing to diagnose your condition. We can collect evidence and build a case that shows your doctor had enough information to make a diagnosis but failed to do so.

Pregnancy or Childbirth Complication

When a doctor is negligent in treating a patient who is pregnant or giving birth, they put two lives at risk. If you suffered harm during your pregnancy, or your child suffered a birth injury, we may be able to hold your doctor liable and recover damages on your behalf.

Medication Errors

Prescription drugs are powerful agents. They can help you overcome serious medical conditions, and they can even save your life. But they can also create unnecessary complications and put your life at risk. It all depends on whether your doctor prescribes and administers them correctly.

If you suffered injury after taking prescription medication, the doctor, pharmacist, or another health care provider involved in the process may be liable. We can investigate and determine who was responsible and then collect evidence to build a case against them.

Errors During Surgery

Surgery demands the utmost care and attention to detail from every healthcare professional involved. Even a minor error or careless moment can have lasting consequences.

Common errors during surgery may include:

• Too much or too little anesthesia
• Leaving an object inside the patient’s body
• Failure to complete the procedure successfully
• Failure to control the patient’s bleeding during the procedure

If you think you may have suffered from medical negligence, even if you are not sure, we want to hear from you. We can investigate what happened and let you know if you have a strong case. If you do, we can start working for you right away, collecting evidence and preparing to go after the doctor, provider, or facility for damages.

To schedule a free case evaluation today, call Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers at 800-800-4600.

Why You Want Hughes & Coleman® On Your Side

Why choose Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers as your Bowling Green medical malpractice attorneys? To start with, we offer over 100 years of combined legal experience.

We also bring the following:

• Personalized attention
• Communication and transparency
• Extensive investigative resources
• Aggressive negotiators
• A successful record of settlements and verdicts
• A friendly and dedicated legal support staff that is always there for you

Call 800-800-4600 today to schedule your free case evaluation.

Lee Coleman

ATTORNEY, MANAGING PARTNER, & CO-FOUNDER

Mr. Coleman is now the Managing Partner and majority owner of Hughes and Coleman Injury Lawyers, a firm he co-founded in 1985 with J. Marshall Hughes. The firm has grown for over 40 years, and we currently have over 30 attorneys and multiple offices across Kentucky and Tennessee, as well as an affiliate firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Mr. Coleman’s efforts and accomplishments have been widely recognized, including being named as a Kentucky Super Lawyer in Personal Injury since 2012, and being awarded an AV Rating, the highest rating given, by the nation’s preeminent Attorney Rating service, Martindale- Hubbell®.

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We Can Help You Recover the Damages You Deserve

If your case is successful, you could be eligible for a long list of damages, which may include the following and more:

• Medical bills
• Lost wages
• Reduced earning capacity
• Pain and suffering and inconvenience
• Emotional anguish
• Loss of enjoyment of life
• Scarring and disfigurement

To find out how much your medical malpractice claim may be worth, contact a Bowling Green lawyer today. Call Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers at 800-800-4600.

Be Aware of the Statute of Limitations

Kentucky has one of the nation’s strictest statutes of limitation for medical malpractice lawsuits. From the date the malpractice occurred, you have only one year to take legal action. If you fail to do so, you will be unable to sue and recover compensation for your injuries.

Exceptions May Apply

One caveat, known as the discovery rule, applies in certain situations. If you do not discover that you were a victim until after the fact, and the court believes you had no way of knowing until that point, then the clock starts running at the time of discovery.

Be aware, though, that if you use the discovery rule, the other side might try to invalidate your case by arguing that you knew or should have known about the alleged malpractice earlier. Also, there is an absolute time limit of five years from the date of the malpractice, regardless of when you discovered it. This is called the statute of repose.

Truck Accident

$12 Million

initially offered: ZERO

Our team secured a $12 million jury verdict for a man severely injured by a negligent commercial truck driver in Nashville, TN. The insurance company initially denied the claim, then later offered $50,000.

Jury Verdict Alert

$6.7 Million

initially offered: ZERO

Our team secured a jury verdict for our client injured by a negligent tow truck company. The insurer initially denied liability, later offering $1 million in policy limits. We rejected it and convinced the jury to award our client $6,700,000.

Head-On Collision

$349,500

initially offered: $40,000

The Hughes & Coleman team was able to secure a $349,500 settlement for a Kentucky client injured in a head-on collision. The settlement was over eight times the original offer from the insurance company, $40,000.

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What Our Clients Are Saying About Us

John Crisp

Top notch firm. Christina Martin and Mariana Goff have been awesome. Always super nice and both explain every question in detail, so believe me when I say if you’re in a wreck, please don’t try to go it alone.

Brittany Bentley

I cannot recommend Hughes & Coleman and their team highly enough. After my auto accident, I was overwhelmed, in pain, and unsure of what to do next. From the very first consultation, they were compassionate, professional, and incredibly knowledgeable.

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