A 2016 research study by Johns Hopkins Medicine determined that medical errors should rank as the third leading cause of death in the United States, causing the deaths of more than 250,000 people per year.  Only heart disease and cancer rank higher.  To put it in perspective, that’s roughly 10% of U.S. deaths annually.

When we go to the hospital or the doctor’s office, we entrust our doctors and other healthcare professionals with our lives and the lives of our loved ones.  We trust that they will exercise sound judgment and skill, properly coordinate our care with other providers, make proper diagnoses, and avoid preventable complications.  When medical professionals and facilities do not consider patient safety the top priority, it poses a danger to everyone else in our community.    At Gibson & Keith, we take great pride in representing our clients in medical negligence cases, because we firmly believe that our work makes us, our clients, and our families all safer.

We are very selective when deciding to take on medical negligence cases.  We won’t take your case unless we are willing to take it all the way to a jury trial and defend it on appeal if need be.   We would be doing you a disservice by taking your case if we weren’t prepared to commit all our time, energy and resources to it.  When we do recommend a settlement to our clients, it’s only after we are fully confident that we have maximized the value of your case and truly believe it’s a better decision than going to trial.  We will never pressure our clients to accept unreasonable lowball offers because we are unwilling to try their cases.

If you believe you may have been injured due to medical negligence, you need to contact an attorney immediately.  In Arkansas, the statute of limitations on medical negligence claims is two years from the date of the negligent act – not the date that you discover it.  Regrettably, the expiration of this limitations period prevents too many patients from asserting valid claims against their healthcare providers; in some instances, victims won’t even manifest symptoms caused by a doctor’s negligence until it’s too late.  In other instances, a doctor’s negligent failure to diagnose a preventable condition won’t be realized until the condition worsens and causes collateral problems, at which point it’s too late to cure.  Therefore, it is imperative that you do not delay in speaking with a lawyer to assess whether you or your loved ones are victims of medical negligence.  Contact Gibson & Keith today to meet with one of our attorneys and find out how we can help you.