Louisville Medical Malpractice Lawyers

Thousands of Americans suffer from the consequences of medical malpractice every year. We have represented many clients in Louisville whose lives have been impacted by the shortcomings of medical professionals.

Have you suffered an injury or has someone you love passed away due to a health care provider’s error? If so, you might be eligible for substantial compensation by means of a medical malpractice lawsuit. However, there are a few things you should take note of before you begin.

Kentucky only gives you one year from the date of injury (or date you discovered the injury) to file a medical malpractice claim.
Kentucky does not have damage caps.

What does this mean for you as a victim? It means you could be in line for a large settlement, but that to protect your right to recover substantial compensation, you need to act fast. The Louisville medical malpractice lawyers at Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers have a successful history of recovering compensation for injured clients. We can put that experience to work for you.

Call us today at 800-800-4600 for a free consultation.

Contact Personal Injury Lawyers You Can Trust

Free Case Consultation

CALL now 800-800-4600

We Know How to Put Together a Thorough, Compelling Medical Malpractice Case

At Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers, a Louisville personal injury attorney from our team can help. Over the past three decades, we have fought and won many medical malpractice cases, helping our clients recover substantial compensation, which has allowed them to put their lives back together.

During this time, we have become intimately familiar with how the legal process plays out in medical malpractice cases. We know that for your claim to be successful, it needs to demonstrate four things:

The doctor or healthcare provider owed you a duty of care;
They did not uphold this duty of care (known as violating the standard of care);
Because of their failure, you or a loved one suffered an injury or death;
You incurred economic or noneconomic damages as a result.

Duty of Care

First, a Louisville medical malpractice lawyer needs to show that a duty of care existed between the doctor or provider and you. In other words, the responsible party had an obligation to provide you with a certain level of care. We can do this by showing the existence of a doctor-patient relationship. Doing so can be as simple as presenting a bill from the office or an insurance statement showing where you paid the provider for treatment.

Failure of Duty

Second, a personal injury lawyer must prove that the doctor or provider failed to uphold their industry’s standard of care. We accomplish this by using the “reasonable person” standard, which compares the actions or lack of action by your doctor to what would be expected of a reasonable person in their position. If another doctor, acting reasonably, would have provided you with better care, then your doctor may have breached their duty to you.

For example, say you discovered your surgeon left a surgical sponge inside your body after a procedure you had done a few years ago. If an expert witness testifies that he and his team count their sponges before, during, and after a procedure to prevent this type of mistake, we can establish your doctor violated the standard of care.

Injury or Death

Third, a medical malpractice attorney needs to link your doctor’s failure to an injury you suffered or to your loved one’s injury or death. Here, the strength of our evidence is crucial. We, therefore, put substantial effort into gathering and organizing evidence to draw a clear, compelling connection between your doctor’s action (or lack of action) and the harm you or your loved one suffered.

Economic or Noneconomic Damages

Fourth, a Louisville personal injury attorney must link your injury, or the injury or death of your loved one, to specific damages that you have suffered. These damages can be economic, noneconomic, or both. Your total damages equal the value of your medical malpractice case — this is the amount for which we pursue the responsible party(s) and their insurer.

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.

Free Case Consultation

CALL now 800-800-4600

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.

View More Reviews on Google.