Did your child suffer harm because a medical provider failed to provide your child with competent care? Pediatric malpractice cases involve high stakes and high emotions, with the injuries often affecting a child for the rest of their life. Your family deserves justice and accountability.
The Houston pediatric malpractice attorneys at Hampton & King can help you seek compensation for your child’s care and pain and suffering. Call today for a free consultation with a Houston birth injury lawyer.
Why Choose Hampton & King for Your Pediatric Malpractice Case
Pediatric malpractice cases require attorneys with dedicated experience handling medical negligence claims involving children. Hampton & King is a go-to firm for these exact cases.
Families throughout Houston, Texas, choose our firm because:
- We have more than 70 years of combined experience handling all types of medical malpractice litigation
- Our firm boasts a medical doctor and nurse on staff to bolster our in-house medical knowledge
- We’re selective about the cases we accept and provide extensive resources to every client we take one
- We’ve been recognized by the U.S. News as one of the Best Law Firms for medical malpractice victims
- We advance the substantial costs of pediatric malpractice litigation and are only paid if we win
Contact us today to schedule a free case review with a Houston pediatric malpractice attorney. We’re to help you get justice.
How a Houston Pediatric Malpractice Attorney Can Help You Prove Malpractice
Pediatric malpractice claims require proving four elements:
- A provider owed your child a duty of care
- The provider breached the accepted standard of care
- The breach caused your child’s injury
- The injury resulted in damages.
Proving these elements in a pediatric case requires extensive evidence and collaboration with medical specialists who work with children. An experienced Houston pediatric malpractice attorney strengthens your case by:
- Pulling every medical record connected to your child’s care, from every provider involved
- Bringing in pediatric specialists to pinpoint exactly where treatment fell short
- Combing through diagnostic results, timelines, and physician notes for red flags the hospital hasn’t disclosed
- Projecting your child’s lifetime medical and developmental needs with input from life care planners
- Naming every provider and institution whose negligence contributed to the harm
- Connecting the dots between the provider’s specific error and your child’s specific injury
Reach out to our experienced attorneys to learn more about how we can help you prove your case.
What Compensation Can I Obtain in a Houston Pediatric Malpractice Case?
Texas medical malpractice law provides families with the opportunity to recover two types of damages after pediatric negligence. Economic damages address financial losses; non-economic damages address personal losses.
Examples of damages you can recover include:
- Medical costs already incurred
- Care anticipated in the future
- Necessary therapies over the course of your child’s development
- Specialized equipment and modifications to your home
- The earning potential your child stands to lose as an adult
- The pain and suffering your child has endured
Pediatric injuries often require care that continues into adulthood. An experienced attorney can make sure your claim accounts for every one of your child’s needs.
Contact an Experienced Houston Pediatric Malpractice Lawyer for Help
If your child was harmed by a medical provider’s negligence, you deserve answers. You deserve compensation. Your child deserves resources to secure their future. Hampton & King is ready to investigate what happened and fight for the compensation your family needs.
Contact us today to schedule a free consultation with a Houston pediatric malpractice attorney.