You Can Bring These Situations to Our Lawyers for Medical Malpractice
A challenge with medical malpractice cases in West Virginia is that you can’t even start your personal injury claim until you get what’s called a “certificate of merit.”
In a certificate of merit, a medical expert confirms that you were hurt because doctors, nurses or other health care workers violated the “standard of care.”
The standard of care is the treatment widely accepted by the medical profession as the correct way to address your particular health problems.
At Shaffer & Shaffer, we’ve seen all of these situations and more:
- Surgical errors
- Childbirth injuries
- Faulty medical devices and products
- Failure to detect and correctly diagnose serious conditions
- Mistakes in the emergency room
- Errors interpreting test results
Things can go wrong even when the professionals caring for you follow the standard of care. Complications from surgeries or other treatments can occur anyway. It’s expected to happen sometimes.
So you have to prove that they failed to follow their own standards when you were hurt. You may not always be able to tell. A medical malpractice lawyer investigates this for you.
The medical malpractice attorneys at Shaffer & Shaffer can help you understand your options with a free initial consultation.
If you work with us on your case, you will pay no attorney fee until you win compensation.
If you are harmed by medical treatment, let us help you reclaim your life.
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Other Ways Our West Virginia Medical Malpractice Attorneys Can Help
At Shaffer & Shaffer, our West Virginia personal injury lawyers handle multiple kinds of cases, including other situations that relate to medical negligence.
If you have a loved one who’s the victim of nursing home abuse, for example, that also calls for gathering medical evidence and seeking financial relief.
And harm caused by a medical device may sometimes involve not the negligence of your doctor who prescribed the device, but instead the company that manufactured it. Our product liability lawyers could pursue compensation for you.
Injuries from medical negligence can have long-lasting consequences. They can mean longer recovery times, greater life disruptions, permanent disability—or even wrongful death.
The mission of our law firm has always been to put the needs of our clients, West Virginians, above all else. That’s why we’ve been here for more than 100 years.
After the trauma of a medical error, talk to us about getting to better times.
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Everyday West Virginians can get legal help from one of the most established and respected law firms in the state: Shaffer & Shaffer. Our firm is over a century old and still going strong because we put the needs of our clients first—always.
Have a Question about Personal Injury Claims?
After a life-altering accident, you’re understandably upset, confused and full of questions. To help you get a sense of what’s next, we’ve prepared answers to common questions about personal injury claims and other legal cases.
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