Pensacola Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

What to Expect from the Litigation Process

As with many legal issues, when you are involved with a Pensacola medical malpractice lawsuit, along with the stress of dealing with your injury you may also experience confusion and nervousness about navigating a complicated legal system, talking about what happened to you in front of people, and confronting the doctor who harmed you.

Anxiety is natural after such a tough time. At Baker & Baker, our Pensacola medical malpractice lawyers make sure you know what to expect when you need to file a medical malpractice case in Pensacola or other nearby towns in Florida.

Steps in Medical Malpractice Suit in Pensacola

Investigation: The initial investigation requires that we look at your medical history, records, and appointment notes. We perform extensive research into the medicine and the law to make sure we have as airtight a case as possible and then we determine who was negligent in providing your medical care and what extent of injury arose from that negligence.
Filing Suit: We file papers with the courts that show what we found about you being the victim of malpractice.
Pretrial Discovery: Discovery is the process of gathering evidence to make the case. We perform written discovery that includes questions and any documentation we might need. We deposition, or question under oath, lay and expert witnesses and use their testimony to show what your doctor or hospital was supposed to do against what they actually did to injure you.
Negotiation and Settlement: Sometimes, the doctor, hospital, or their insurers will settle. This may include an omission of fault or it may not. It may or may not include confidentiality agreements or other promises. Our attorneys make sure that if you settle your case, you are fairly recompensed for what happened.
Trial preparation and trial: If settlement is not possible, we take your case to trial. There is no guarantee to a jury trial, but Baker & Baker attorneys work hard to present your case as aggressively as possible so that you may recover everything possible under Florida law.

Contact a Pensacola personal injury attorney focused on medical malpractice at (850) 316-8247 to learn more about how we might help you with your malpractice claim.

Personal Injury

Even an injury that may seem to be a minor inconvenience can alter your ability to perform at work and can reduce your quality of life:

Knee injury

Shoulder injury

Broken bones

Our attorneys have extensive experience in litigation involving major injuries such as:

Neck injury

Back and spinal cord injury

Head injury and brain damage

Paralysis

If you have been hurt due to another person's negligence, we work to get you compensated.
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Medical Malpractice

Baker & Baker provides legal assistance to people injured by negligent doctors in Florida and Gulf Coast Alabama. Our lawyers have handled many lawsuits against clinics, hospitals, doctors, nurses and other medical professionals.

Reasons for medical malpractice claims may include basic treatment errors such as:

Failure to diagnose

Failure to monitor

Failure to medicate

Failure to assess risk

Bedsores

If the health care workers who brought about your injury failed to meet the standard of care, you may be entitled to significant damages.
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Social Security disability (SSD)

If you are unable to work for at least 12 months and had previously worked for at least 20 of the past 40 quarters, you may qualify for Social Security disability benefits. Our lawyers help you gather the necessary records to support your claim.

We have a thorough understanding of the process of applying for disability benefits. There can be legal pitfalls, and you should not attempt to file your own SSD claim without the experienced support of Baker & Baker.
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Contact Baker & Baker

300 East Government Street
Pensacola, Florida 32502
Telephone: (850) 316.8247