When medical procedures don’t go as planned, and the small percentage of risk becomes reality, medical professionals become the target. “How could this have happened?” quickly turns into “who caused this to happen?” Bowman and Brooke attorneys have experience defending all types of healthcare clients, including physicians, nurses, hospitals, chiropractors, nursing homes and allied health professionals.
More often than not, medical malpractice claims involve complex medical terms, procedures and issues. Bowman and Brooke attorneys have extensive experience and knowledge resolving medical malpractice claims and lawsuits. And, for those cases that are simply irresolvable, such as when the medical professional was without fault, our trial attorneys are willing and able to take a case all the way to jury, if needed.
In addition to employing our own nurses, we also retain the top medical specialists from the most prestigious hospitals and universities to consult and testify for our clients. We’ve gained access to key medical schools and teaching hospitals in a wide variety of medical specialties that allow us to retain medical experts who are at the forefront of their given field—including orthopedists surgeons, neurologists, cardiologists, obstetricians and gynecologists, pediatricians, surgeons, nurses and a myriad of other healthcare professionals.
We also stay on top of the latest, and ever changing, trends in the medical malpractice arena. In 2004, Pricewaterhouse Coopers concluded that "approximately 10 percent of the costs of medical services are attributed to the cost of litigation and defensive medicine." They go on to state that reasonable caps on non-economic damages such as pain and suffering have been shown to improve patient access to affordable care, and reduce costs associated with the practice of "defensive medicine." Reasonable limits on litigation will also boost efforts to reduce medical errors and improve patient safety by encouraging providers to identify and correct, rather than conceal, mistakes. It is critical that medical liability reforms include not only providers, but also health insurers and health plans. If not, real reform will not have occurred as the trial bar will still have a "deep pocket" to pursue. To avoid merely shifting costs from one payer to another, meaningful reforms must treat all parties in the health care system the same way.
Whether you’re an individual physician or a representative of a hospital, clinic, nursing home, or other healthcare provider—we have experienced attorneys who understand your medical specialty and complex medical legal issues.