Hampstead NC Medical Malpractice Attorney - Medical Negligence Lawyer

The National Academy of Sciences estimates that approximately 98,000 people die from medical mistakes each year. Not all injuries or deaths are a result of the negligence of a healthcare provider. Often, patients may experience a bad result of a medical procedure that was a known risk of the procedure, and the risk was communicated to and accepted by the patient. In such cases, the injury or death will not support a malpractice action against the healthcare provider.

In NC, as in most states, a legal claim for medical malpractice arises when a patient’s injury or death is caused by act or omission by a health care provider in which care provided deviates from standards of practice in the medical community. Medical professionals are required to maintain appropriate liability insurance to cover the risk and costs of legal actions based on medical malpractice.

North Carolina General Statute § 1A-1, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 9(j) requires that a qualifying professional review a medical malpractice case and have an opinion that the potential defendants in a case deviated from the appropriate standard of care and that the deviation caused the damages. In many cases, it can be difficult and expensive to obtain such a professional opinion which is part of what makes medical malpractice cases sometimes difficult to pursue.

If you or a family member feel you have suffered an injury due to medical negligence, contact Collins Law Firm. While we cannot eliminate the pain or correct the injury, we will do everything within our power to help determine if medical malpractice was the cause, and if so, hold those responsible for such harm accountable for their mistakes.

Hampstead, North Carolina is located in Pender County and is an unincorporated but fairly populated area located near the Intracostal Waterway north of Wilmington, North Carolina. Therefore, there are no Hampstead police officers but there are many other law enforcement agencies which have jurisdiction in Hampstead including North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Pender County Sheriff's Department, North Carolina ALE agents, Wildlife officers and the Marine Patrol. If any law enforcement agency charges you with a crime or issues you a citation for a traffic violation, in or around Hampstead, your court date will be in Burgaw, North Carolina which is the county seat of Pender County. Pender County is part of the 5th judicial district which also includes New Hanover County. Because Pender County and New Hanover County comprise the same judicial district, which means that the same district attorney's office prosecutes cases in both counties and the district court judges which hold court in New Hanover County and Pender County rotate between the two counties.

While Collins Law Firm does not have an office in Hampstead, NC, attorney David Collins regularly practices in Pender County and therefore, if you have been charged with a crime or received a traffic citation in Hampstead, NC or anywhere within Pender County, Collins Law Firm can help.

The Pender County Courthouse is located at 100 South Wright St. Burgaw, NC 28425.

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