Nelson & Hammons, Attorneys at Law - Lafayette, LA

At Nelson & Hammons, the focus is on medical malpractice. All the attorneys in this law firm, with locations in Shreveport and Lafayette, are committed to providing professional guidance and representation to their clients who have suffered injuries as a result of substandard medical care. Not only does Nelson & Hammons thoroughly investigate and effectively handle each case, but their team approach, including in-house registered nursing support personnel, also provides each client with the knowledge and experience of all team members.

Negligent Medical Care

Medical malpractice encompasses all types of substandard and negligent care on the part of health care professionals. Patients and their families can suffer serious injury as the result of poor quality care rendered by individuals and facilities, including the following:

• Physician negligence
• Hospital negligence
• Nursing negligence
• Nursing home negligence

Attorneys in this law firm have over 30 years of experience championing the rights of victims and obtaining fair compensation for them. They know Louisiana medical malpractice laws contain many "traps" for medical malpractice victims such as the following:

• Plaintiffs must bring their suit within one year of the malpractice occurrence or of the date they became aware of the malpractice, whichever occurs later. However, no suit can be filed more than three years after the date of the malpractice.
• A suit must be presented to a Medical Review Panel before it can be filed in court.
• Damages are capped at $500,000 plus medical bills, although recovery of expected future medical bills may be possible.

Attorneys at the law firm of Nelson & Hammons also know that Louisiana law gives health care providers a great deal of protection, so the cards often are stacked against victims of medical malpractice. That is why their knowledge and experience is so important in navigating their way - and their clients' ways - through the legal system to arrive at a successful outcome.