Medical Malpractice

Helms & Greene represents hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, home health agencies and individuals including: physicians, nurses, therapists, counselors, chiropractors, dentists, administrators and other health care providers in medical malpractice actions. Our attorneys have defended hundreds of malpractice cases and tried many cases to a verdict.

The claims pending against these entities and individuals have encompassed virtually every type of malpractice action: negligence, negligence per se, gross negligence, wrongful death and survival, failure to diagnose, misdiagnosis, failure to transfer, sexual misconduct with patients, failure to make an appropriate referral, use of defective medical devices, strict product liability for pharmaceutical products, premises liability, failure to monitor, failure to provide adequate nutrition and hydration, understaffing, failure to communicate patient conditions to the physician and failure to intervene. These malpractice actions have been defended in both federal and state district courts.

Our medical malpractice team is experienced, thorough and results-oriented. It includes: registered nurses, paralegals trained in reviewing medical records, graphic design personnel trained in preparing high-tech presentations used at hearings, settlement negotiations and trial, and board certified attorneys specializing in trial work.

We evaluate medical malpractice claims in the early stages, sometimes prior to suit being filed, and advise our clients of their options. If a case should be settled, we tell our clients as early as possible. Having counsel that has successfully tried these cases is critical to your success whether that is in the form a settlement or at trial.

We represent physicians, dentists and physician’s assistants during routine and complex disciplinary proceedings. Our attorneys also represent nurses, chiropractors, physical therapists dentists and psychologists during similar proceedings. Inquiries by these licensing entities can be conducted as informal interviews or formal hearings and can range in subject matter from the minutiae of record keeping and billing practices to larger issues involving determinations as to whether the particular professional observed the standard of care for the provision of services. Regardless of subject matter, such inquiries may have significant ramifications for these professionals as they can involve the suspension or revocation of their license and ability to practice. Our attorneys are zealous advocates with considerable knowledge in preserving the good standing of licensed health care professionals. In defending our clients’ abilities to continue their practice, we thoroughly investigate and evaluate issues brought to light during disciplinary proceedings to formulate detailed strategies responding to the allegations at issue including settlement and consent decisions when needed to ensure the licensed professional can continue to practice.