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If you or a loved one believe you were a victim of medical malpractice, you should discuss your case with the Elizabethtown medical malpractice lawyers at Hughes & Coleman. We can hold the doctor, health care provider, or facility accountable and help you recover damages for your injuries and other losses. Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers has the tools and resources to collect evidence and build a compelling case on your behalf.
Our office is conveniently located in Elizabethtown on North Dixie Avenue, less than a mile north of Towne Mall. We offer a free case evaluation to discuss how our Elizabethtown personal injury attorneys can help you. If we decide to work together, we can proceed on a no-recovery-no-fee basis. You do not pay us a fee unless and until we recover money for you.
To speak to a member of our team today, call Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers today at 800-800-4600.
Our injury lawyers accept all types of medical malpractice cases. We want to speak with you no matter how your injury occurred.
That said, many of the medical malpractice cases we have handled have fallen into the following categories:
It is a doctor’s duty to diagnose ailments as early as possible so that they can initiate treatment quickly. In the case of many conditions, such as cancer, receiving a timely diagnosis can mean the difference between life and death.
If your doctor failed to diagnose a medical condition, and you suffered as a result, we can hold them liable and help you recover damages.
Not only must a doctor’s diagnosis be timely, but it also needs to be accurate. However, doctors often misdiagnose serious conditions, such as:
If you suffered harm because your doctor or another medical professional made an incorrect diagnosis, the Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers team will fight to hold your doctor accountable.
So much can go wrong during pregnancy and delivery that it is essential for a doctor to hold to the highest of professional standards when treating an expectant mother and her child. Even a small degree of negligence can have disastrous consequences.
If you or your child suffered injuries because your doctor was negligent during your pregnancy or during childbirth, we will pursue them for damages.
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A common type of medical malpractice involves errors prescribing or administering medicine. Doctors, nurses, and pharmacists have several duties when prescribing, administering, and filling prescriptions. If you suffered injuries after taking a medication you were prescribed, we can pursue damages on your behalf.
Medical errors during surgery occur much more commonly than many people realize. They are often the result of medical negligence, such as:
Call Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers in Elizabethtown, KY at 800-800-4600 for a free case evaluation.
The Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers team fights for the rights of medical malpractice patients in Elizabethtown, KY. When you enlist our help, we offer:
At Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers, we fight for the damages you deserve for your medical malpractice injuries. You could be eligible to recover compensation for the following:
Kentucky’s statute of limitations only gives injured parties one year to file a medical malpractice claim. However, there are certain circumstances that may toll (i.e., pause) the statute of limitations.
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®.
Kentucky also follows a “discovery rule.” This rule says that if you did not “discover” the malpractice until a later date, then the clock starts running not on the date of the occurrence but on the date you discovered it.
For example, say your surgeon left a surgical towel inside you after surgery. You did not realize until you went to the doctor for abdominal pain two years later. You would have one year after discovering the surgical towel to file your claim.
There is one important caveat of which you should be aware: the five-year statute of repose. It says that regardless of when you learned about the malpractice, you cannot file a lawsuit more than five years after the cause of action. This law is unforgiving; for example, if you discovered the surgical towel in the above example six years after your procedure, you would be unable to file a claim.
To avoid overstepping the statute of limitations, contact an attorney as soon as possible. Even if you think you may have missed the deadline, we want to hear from you and will let you know for sure. Call Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers today at 800-800-4600.
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