Medical Malpractice – Virginia Attorneys

If you or a loved has been a victim of medical malpractice contact Williamson Petty LC For over 30 years, we have handled complex medical malpractice cases in federal and state courts throughout Virginia.

MS. LAVECCHIA: Medical malpractice is medical negligence. It's by someone who is usually a license health care provider. It's failure to act as the prudent medical professional would, whether it's a doctor or a nurse, failure to act as a reasonably prudent doctor or nurse would have acted under similar circumstances. And it can be not only actions, but it can be a failure to act. Medical malpractice can be very devastating to not only the patient, but to the patients' families. Some of the saddest cases that I've ever handled have been for parents who have lost a child due to medical malpractice. Sometimes, their life comes to a standstill, it seems like. Anyone who thinks he or she is a victim of medical malpractice should contact an attorney who's experience in these matters, to sit down with them, and to take a look at their set of facts, and to help them in understanding of what the applicable law is. And from there, if that case is one that seems meritorious, then to put it in the hands of an experienced attorney, who will pursue that case on their behalf. This is one of the first steps in achieving closure, whether it be a patient who has suffered a significant injury, or there is a family member who died as a result of medical malpractice. What we do, when we are contacted by someone with a potential case, we try to have our intake personnel obtain as much information as possible, so that information can be given quickly to one of our attorneys, who is available continuously, and then the attorney can take charge, and direct staff on what we need to do to help that individual. We go to work right away.