Surgery Mistakes • Anesthesia Error • Post-Surgical Complications
The doctor may have performed the operation a hundred times before. You may have been warned of the risks of the very outcome that occurred. It may have been an emergency procedure. None of that matters if the surgeon or staff screwed up. With your health and your life in their hands, they are accountable for lasting harm from surgery errors.
Thousands of people die every year from surgical mistakes and countless more are physically disabled, emotionally devastated or destined to an early grave. If you suspect medical malpractice in your adverse outcome or a loved one's death after surgery, contact the Hancock Law Firm for a free case evaluation.
Tampa Surgical Errors Attorney
Trial lawyers Mike Hancock and Claire Hancock handle medical negligence litigation in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Land O' Lakes, Lutz, Wesley Chapel, Lakeland, all of Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando and Citrus counties, and throughout Florida. He has the experience and resources to hold surgeons and hospitals accountable for preventable and unforgivable errors before, during and after surgical procedures:
- Operating on the wrong body part
- Scalpel mistakes
- Sponges and surgical instruments left inside the patient
- Anesthesia errors
- Infection or sepsis from non-sterile surgery procedures
- Failure to monitor in post-op recovery
- Misdiagnosis resulting in unnecessary surgery
Surgical errors can lead to death, brain damage, permanent nerve damage, organ failure, chronic pain, life-threatening infections and other trauma.
Hancock Law Firm has the means to hire experts in surgery, anesthesia and related fields of medicine to testify how the surgical team deviated from standard procedure. We work with other professionals to build a case for compensation for corrective surgery and other medical intervention, lasting disability, reduced life expectancy, lost earnings and emotional pain and suffering.
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Hillsborough County Surgeon Negligence Claim Attorney
Not every bad outcome of surgery constitutes medical malpractice. But it costs nothing to follow up on your instincts. We provide a free consultation and take cases on a contingency fee basis. Our phones are answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 888-975-1110 (toll free) or 813-915-1110 . You can also reach us by e-mail.
