North Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawyers
Surgical Errors · Delayed Treatment · Misdiagnosis · Nursing Home Neglect
If you or a loved one has been injured by a medical provider or nursing home in North Carolina, getting answers to your questions can be difficult. Doctors and medical facilities bury their mistakes - sometimes under a mound of paperwork and sometimes literally.
At the Knox Law Center, our duty as lawyers is to hold medical providers accountable and help you get the answers you need. With offices in Charlotte, Cornelius and Denver, we represent victims of medical malpractice and nursing home neglect throughout North Carolina.
We provide a free initial consultation to discuss your case. Under our contingency fee arrangement, we will not charge you a fee unless we win your case.
Filing medical malpractice lawsuits in North Carolina
Filing a medical malpractice lawsuit in North Carolina is difficult. We are one of the few states that require a certification of your claim by a doctor with the same credentials as your medical provider (known as a 9(j) certification) This expert witness must be familiar with the local hospitals where you received your care and must state in an affidavit that your provider deviated from the standard of care in your case before the case can even be filed.
Due to pressure from medical malpractice insurance companies, local doctors usually refuse to provide a 9(j) certification. This means that our lawyers must seek 9(j) certifications from out-of-state experts, which makes these cases expensive to handle. Many lawyers will refuse to handle medical malpractice cases due to the cost and complexity.
At the Knox Law Center, our lawyers are willing to invest our time and resources in medical malpractice and nursing home neglect cases when we can clearly establish the liability and the malpractice has caused significant damages or wrongful death.
We handle all types of medical negligence cases, including:
• Surgical errors
• Misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis of illness such as heart attack or cancer
• Birth injuries
• Nursing home abuse and neglect injuries such as bedsores, medication errors, improper use of restraints, malnutrition and dehydration.
Free attorney consultation
To talk to a lawyer about your case, please call 704-315-2363 or 866-704-9059 (Toll free) in Charlotte, 704-896-0199 in Cornelius and in Denver, or fill out our simple contact form on this Web site. We serve clients throughout Central and Eastern North Carolina.
