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You entrust your health to your doctors, nurses, and other medical providers, and you count on them to protect it. The provider-patient relationship creates a duty of care, obligating your medical provider to act as a reasonable provider would in a similar situation. If your doctor violates that duty of care and you are harmed and suffer damages as a result, they have committed medical malpractice.
Unfortunately, the confidence you put in your medical providers may be misplaced. A recent study identified medical errors in hospitals and other medical facilities as the third leading cause of death in the United States, claiming over 250,000 lives every year. That’s not even counting medical malpractice that causes serious or permanent injury, but which is not lethal.
If you have suffered an injury due to a medical provider’s negligence, you are not alone. But that’s little comfort when you are suffering from a problem your doctor made worse instead of better. Your injury may have left you unable to work or needing additional medical care to address the mistake your doctor made. You deserve to recover for your damages, and your doctor should be held to account. Attorney Eric Derleth can help.
Contact Eric Derleth, medical malpractice lawyer in Anchorage and Soldotna at 907-262-9164 today to learn more about how our law firm can help you. We never charge a fee in personal injury or medical malpractice cases unless and until we win your case.
Between 2012 and 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that 197 medical malpractice cases in Alaska resulted in payments to people who were injured. If that number seems low, remember that not every incidence of medical malpractice results in a lawsuit, and those cases that do may be difficult to prove.
Medical malpractice cases are among some of the most challenging personal injury cases because of the difficulty of proving that the doctor’s negligence caused the patient’s damages. After all, most patients who consult a doctor do so because they already have health issues, perhaps serious ones.
In order to prevail in a malpractice case in Alaska, you need to work with a medical malpractice lawyer who is known for thorough investigation and attention to details, which can make or break a medical malpractice case. Attorney Eric Derleth is known as “the Trial Guy” because of his meticulous preparation for trial and his ability to communicate effectively with juries—the people who hold his clients’ futures in their hands.
Medical malpractice victims in Alaska can seek compensation for a variety of damages, including:
Non-economic damages, such as pain and suffering and loss of consortium, are capped at $250,000, or $400,000 in cases of severe and permanent physical impairment or death. To learn what you may be able to recover based on the facts of your case, speak with an experienced Alaska medical malpractice lawyer.
In most cases, the statute of limitation to sue for medical malpractice in Alaska is two years. If you believe you or your loved one were injured due to a doctor’s negligence, you should consult an attorney as soon as possible, or you could lose your right to sue forever.
Alaska native Eric Derleth has over 25 years of experience representing injury victims, including victims of medical malpractice, in courts throughout the state. While Eric is thoroughly prepared to try every injury case he accepts, his reputation and preparation often result in opposing counsel offering his clients a favorable settlement without the need for a trial.
There is no risk to you in consulting an attorney regarding your malpractice claim; our office offers no-obligation consultations and only receives compensation if your case is successful. To learn more about Alaska law, and how medical malpractice lawyer can help you, call Eric Derleth at 907-262-9164 or contact our law office. From his office in Soldotna, Eric Derleth serves clients in Anchorage, the Mat-Su Valley, Juneau, and throughout Alaska. Call today for a free, confidential consultation.
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