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Recovering from the devastating effects of a medical mistake is a challenge for any patient, but realizing that your injuries could have been avoided can make it even more difficult.  Studies have shown that the caregivers and families of medical malpractice victims often struggle with feelings of guilt, fear, and loneliness as they grapple with the aftermath of a mistake.  If your life has been affected by a medical mistake, you are probably wondering what can be done to seek justice for your pain and suffering.  This is where the law firm of Tavss Fletcher can help.

If you are a resident of southeastern Virginia or northeastern North Carolina and are suffering from the effects of a medical mistake, then we want to hear from you.  With over 100 years of combined experience with personal injury law, the attorneys at Tavss Fletcher offer you the caring, professional help that you seek in your time of need.

Seeking Justice for Medical Negligence

If you’ve been injured by a negligent doctor, nurse, or other healthcare professional, then you might feel torn about taking legal action.  With all the anti-trial lawyer bias in the news these days, such feelings would not be surprising.  Rising healthcare costs and drastically increased insurance premiums for doctors have been blamed on “frivolous” lawsuits and excessive jury awards.  However, when you consider that only one percent of the nation’s doctors account for medical malpractice cases each year, it’s hard to blame the woes of our spiraling medical costs on malpractice lawsuits.
 
The truth is that health insurance companies have powerful lobbies working hard to ensure that state and federal laws are favorable towards insurers and healthcare providers.  Patients and victims simply don’t have the same kind of support.  Who is out lobbying for patient rights?  Who is making sure that victims can collect fair damages when they’re suffering from the negligence of a hospital or doctor?  If you’ve been injured by a medical mistake, you should not feel guilty for wanting to receive compensation for your injuries.  Don’t let the insurance company public-relations machine make you feel like you don’t deserve your day in court.  Also, don’t expect your doctor to fess up to making a mistake.  Doctors are not always forthcoming about making medical mistakes, and they can’t always be counted on to report medical errors to their own hospital.

The bottom line is that a person’s life can be ruined because of professional negligence.  The practice of medicine is a challenging and difficult job, and the vast majority of doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers do that job professionally.  But for the patients of those guilty of practicing substandard medicine, the results can be devastating.  Patients whose lives have been irrevocably damaged because of medical negligence deserve to be compensated fairly for their losses.  Medical malpractice victims should not feel badly for seeking fair and just compensation, and no insurance company should be allowed to deny them their due.

How Tavss Fletcher Can Help You

If you’ve been injured by the negligence of a doctor, nurse, or other healthcare professional then it is in your best interests to speak with an experienced and dedicated medical malpractice attorney.  Our firm has experience with a variety of medical malpractice cases, and we have the track record to prove it (link to case results).  Not only do our attorneys at Tavss Fletcher bring a wealth of experience to the table, but we also have skilled investigators, expert witnesses, and other legal professionals working to ensure the maximum recovery for your injuries.

Our job is to secure compensatory damages for you in your medical malpractice case.  Under the law, you may be entitled to receive payment to cover medical and hospital bills, rehabilitation expenses, ambulance expenses, prescription drug costs, nursing home care, domestic services, lost employment income, increased living expenses, and loss of future income.  You may also be entitled to recover damages for physical pain and suffering, mental or emotional suffering, inconvenience, disfigurement, deformity and associated humiliation and embarrassment.

Please contact Tavss Fletcher today for an evaluation of your medical malpractice case, and see how we can put our extensive experience to work for you.

TAVSS FLETCHER
RBC Centura
555 East Main Street, 14th Floor
Norfolk, VA 23510
Telephone: (757) 625-1214
Facsimile: (757) 622-7295

Tavss Fletcher proudly serves Virginia and North Carolina, including Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Hampton, Newport News, Williamsburg, the Eastern Shore counties of Accomack and Northampton, and Gloucester, Surry, Southampton, Isle of Wight, James City and York counties in Virginia, and the counties of Currituck, Dare, Gates, Herford, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden and Bertie in Northeastern North Carolina.

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  • Common Medication Errors and their Prevention   
    Description: Medication errors are one of the more common medical mistakes. Errors by your doctor or pharmacist can cost you your health, even your life. Both medical professionals have the duty to ensure that the drug you are taking is prescribed in the right dose, that it will not interact with another medication and that the drug is appropriate for the diagnosed illness or disease. Please read on to learn more about the most common medication errors and how doctors can work harder to prevent them.
  • The Institute of Medicine (IOM)   
    Description: The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies is an independent research organization that works to provide the public with unbiased and authoritative advice. The mission of the IOM is to serve as an advisor to the nation and improve its health. Please read on to learn more about how the IOM works to protect and improve the health and well being of our citizens.
  • The Four Most Common Medical Errors   
    Description: The most common medical mistakes don’t just happen to strangers; chances are you or a loved one will be a victim of medical malpractice sooner or later. This article will focus on medical mistakes made here in Virginia and across the nation. Please read on to learn more about the four most common medical errors and what you can do to protect yourself.
  • Surgical errors: when a medical object is left inside a patient   
    Description: It is difficult to pin down how often surgical objects are left behind in patients after surgical procedures, but one thing is for sure: left behind objects are a serious medical mistake that can cause terrible pain, suffering and even death for patients. If you need help because of a medical malpractice case involving a left behind surgical object like a gauze sponge, please contact our office immediately to see how we can help.
  • Are doctors over-radiating patients?   
    Description: While you’re receiving radiation treatment for a serious disease, the last thing you expect is to be harmed by the very technology that is helping to save your life. However this is exactly what is happening to patients across the country. Radiation technology has improved to the point that hospitals, doctors, radiation therapists, and government regulators have been unable to keep up with it, and as a result patients are being seriously injured by preventable medical mistakes.
  • Preventable Medical Errors are Still Killing Patients   
    Description: Even now, ten years after the Institute of Medicine issued a seminal report on patient safety, preventable medical errors are still killing nearly a hundred thousand people every year. Despite major advances in technology, hospitals and doctors are failing to take the necessary steps to reduce the number of preventable medical mistakes experienced by patients every year.
  • What might have been: when doctors fail to diagnose a serious medical condition   
    Description: Few things are as horrifying as realizing that you or a loved one were seriously injured because your doctor failed to diagnose your illness or medical condition. Whether diagnosed incorrectly or not diagnosed at all, some diseases or conditions can cause irreparable damage to patients if not treated in time. Failure to diagnose a heart attack and failure to diagnose cancer are two examples of common medical misdiagnoses.
  • How effective is the Virginia Board of Medicine at Protecting Patients from Malpractice?   
    Description: Are delays by the Virginia Board of Medicine in disciplining doctors costing patient lives? In the recent case of Dr. Stephen Plotnick, there was a shocking five year delay from the time of the first compliant to the board to when his license was revoked. During that time as many as ten of his patients died – possibly as a result of his care. Read more about the shortcomings of the Virginia Medical Board in this article, and don’t hesitate to contact Tavss Fletcher at 757-625-1214 to discuss your medical malpractice case.
  • Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Caused by Medical Errors   
    Description: Oxygen deprivation among infants can lead to hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and permanent disorders. Doctors and hospitals sometimes make critical mistakes during the labor and delivery process. This article gives an overview of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and the liability of medical professionals. Contact the Virginia medical malpractice attorneys at Tavss Fletcher at 757-625-1214 if your child has experienced hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.
  • Cerebral Palsy Caused by Birth Injury   
    Description: There are many causes of cerebral palsy, but sometimes this disorder develops from a birth injury. Doctors and hospitals can be held liable for birth injuries that could have been prevented. This article gives an overview of cerebral palsy and the liability of medical professionals. Contact the Virginia medical malpractice attorneys at Tavss Fletcher at 757-625-1214 if your child has developed cerebral palsy.
  • Undiagnosed Heart Attacks   
    Description: Thousands of Americans die each year of heart attacks. Research has found that many heart attacks go undiagnosed. Tavss Fletcher discusses the epidemic of misdiagnosed heart attacks and lists the warning signals of a heart attack. If you have lost a loved one because a heart attack went undiagnosed call us today at (757) 625-1214.
  • What is Considered Dental Malpractice?   
    Description: Malpractice can be caused by dentists and other dental professionals. This article discusses types of dental malpractice and the rights of the injured victim. Contact Tavss Fletcher at (757) 625-1214 if you have suffered from dental malpractice.
  • Preventable Surgical Mistakes Will No Longer Be Paid by Medicare   
    Description: As of October 2008, Medicare will no longer pay for some preventable surgical mistakes. This article discusses this new policy and what is considered reasonably preventable conditions. Contact the Virginia medical malpractice attorneys at Tavss Fletcher at (757) 625-1214 if you have been injured by a surgical mistake.

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