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Greensboro North Carolina Medical
Malpractice Attorneys / NC Healthcare Negligence Lawyers - William F. Horsley, P.A. - Client Profile
Medical malpractice is the result of a healthcare provider’s failure to provide
the expected standard of care to a patient. The expected standard of care means
that a healthcare provider must use the same degree of skill and learning, under
the same or similar circumstances, that are used by other members of the medical
profession. Unfortunately, some doctors cause harm through their mistakes,
ignorance, negligence, lack of skill and misdiagnosis.
Healthcare professionals are only required to give a standard of care that is
ordinary or normal. A physician can be negligent in a variety of ways. Some of
the most common ways that medical malpractice occurs is through failure or
errors in timely diagnosis, ordering appropriate treatment, ordering necessary
tests and proper medication, consulting with specialists, and surgical
procedures. Although there are numerous types of malpractice claims, the most
common claims are:
Wrongful death
Birth defects or injuries
Hospital, physician, and nursing negligence
Misdiagnosis
Nursing home injuries and elder abuse
Pharmaceutical errors
Justice for injured people. That is the focus for
William F. Horsley,
P.A.,
based in Greensboro, N.C. The firm centers its practice around those who have
been severely injured or lost loved ones due to medical
malpractice, emergency room negligence, auto accidents, product liability, inadequate security and premises liability,
nursing home negligence, construction accidents or pharmacy malpractice. The
firm also represents landowners in land condemnation (eminent domain)
proceedings.
Emergency Room Negligence
Emergency medical care affects a huge number of people. There are about 100
million visits to the emergency room each year across America. Studies have
found that medical errors in the emergency department are common, and that the
proportion of preventable adverse events occurring in the emergency rooms is
among the highest for all areas of medical care. Considering that 80 per cent of
the patients who are seen in the emergency department are not admitted to the
hospital, and these patients are not even included in current studies, this is
an astounding fact.
Negligence, or malpractice, may occur at any stage of the
patient’s emergency room visit. It may result from an incorrect initial
assessment, leading to a delay in diagnosis or treatment; a failure to recognize
the condition bringing the patient to the emergency room (misdiagnosis); a
failure to obtain appropriate diagnostic tests; a failure to obtain a
consultation from an appropriate specialist or a failure to refer the patient to
an appropriate specialist; or prescribing an incorrect medication.
William F. Horsley, P.A. firm’s success is based on years of experience litigating
all types of medical malpractice, personal injury and wrongful death claims. William F. Horsley has
30 years of experience as a trial lawyer. He has served in various capacities
with the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, and is listed in the book The
Best Lawyers in America, the only plaintiff personal injury lawyer listed from
the Greensboro, North Carolina area. The firm has consistently achieved an AV rating – the highest
possible rating for legal achievement and integrity -
from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, which rates lawyers and law firms
nationwide.
Additional Greensboro Lawyer Profiles:
Greensboro Car Accident Attorneys,
North Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawyers
For more information, please contact
William F. Horsley,
P.A. or
Consultwebs.com,
Inc.
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