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Protecting your rights and securing your future
Unexpected injuries can upend your life, causing physical, financial, and emotional stress for you and your loved ones. From nursing home abuse to automobile accident injuries, MattLaw is here to protect the rights of those who’ve suffered harm because of other people’s negligence and carelessness.
If you and your family need dedicated, hard-working legal representatives to help you following an injury, contact MattLaw for a free consultation.
Why choose MattLaw?
When you’re looking for a personal injury lawyer, you want to find someone who is committed and has the experience to tackle your case and proven results. MattLaw has been representing injury victims for over 35 years. Our founder, Matt Powell, is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and Board Certified in Civil Practice Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Matt is also Board Certified by the Florida Bar as a specialist in Civil Trial Law.
The board certification process is demanding, making it a good point of reference for anyone looking for an attorney. For instance, the minimum requirements for applying for board certification in Civil Trial Law hold that attorneys:
- Have at least five years of practice
- Dedicated 50% or more of their practice to the relevant area within the last three years
- Handled 15 or more contested cases as lead counsel
- Took at least 50 hours of continuing legal education in civil trial law certification within the three years prior to applying
- Underwent a peer review from other attorneys
- Pass a written examination
For more information about working with Matt Powell and the rest of the MattLaw team, contact us and schedule a consultation.
Medical Malpractice in Tampa, Florida
When a person suffers injuries under the care of medical professionals, the consequences can be devastating. Florida's medical malpractice laws give rights to patients when a provider's care falls below the accepted standard, leading to significant harm or injury to a patient.
Some examples of medical malpractice include missing a diagnosis of sepsis, leading to severe complications, or causing an injury to an infant during birth. Not every mistake or unfavorable outcome in medical care qualifies as malpractice. However, if a healthcare provider fails to meet the standard of care, the injured person and their family have the right to take action. One of the first things you should do if you believe medical negligence caused your injuries is to reach out to a Tampa medical malpractice lawyer. Your attorney can help look into the circumstances to see whether you might have a case.
At MattLaw, our Tampa medical malpractice attorneys have experience handling many common and specialized claims, including sepsis and birth injuries.
Tampa birth injuries lawyer
Birth injuries happen when an infant suffers harm during the birth process. Sometimes, something that a hospital, doctor or nurse did or failed to do during delivery can lead to birth injuries. Birth defects are different from malpractice and are often the result of congenital disabilities rather than something that medical providers have control over.
One of the most common birth injuries is cerebral palsy, which occurs in between one and four of every 1,000 live births. Cerebral palsy includes several conditions that impact movement and posture. While some individuals with cerebral palsy may have intellectual disabilities or sensory impairments, others do not.
Here are a few ways negligent medical care can lead to cerebral palsy:
- Failing to identify and address fetal distress, such as oxygen deprivation
- Not detecting or adequately treating infections in the mother or baby
- Not recognizing or correctly managing an umbilical cord prolapse
- Failing to recommend or perform a C-section when necessary
- Causing injury due to improper use of delivery tools, such as complications from forceps during birth
There are many other possible birth injuries, including:
- Facial paralysis
- Cephalohematoma
- Brachial plexus
- Fractured collarbone
- Perinatal asphyxia
- Caput succedaneum
- Intracranial hemorrhage (IVH)
- Spinal cord injuries
In many birth injury cases, the potential costs of caring for the child can be extensive. A successful birth injury settlement or verdict can help your family provide the care and support your child needs for the rest of their life.
Sepsis attorney in Tampa
Sepsis involves the body’s improper response to an infection. Essentially, instead of fighting the infection, the body’s processes for fighting infections start to do damage to the organs. If the condition turns into septic shock, it can lead to serious harm to the lungs, kidneys, liver, and other organs. In serious cases, sepsis can lead to the loss of limbs and even death. Getting early treatment is essential for improving a patient’s chances of recovery.
Patients in hospitals sometimes develop sepsis because the people meant to care for them failed to treat an infection promptly. Hospital-acquired infections, which are bacterial infections that are often difficult to treat and may be resistant to antibiotics, put patients at risk for sepsis. When a patient suffers injuries because of sepsis that results from medical negligence, they should pursue a medical malpractice claim.
Nursing home abuse lawyer in Tampa
Patients in nursing homes are often some of the most vulnerable people that medical providers care for, and unfortunately, they often suffer abuse at the hands of those meant to care for them. There are several forms of abuse a person might suffer while in a nursing home, including:
- Physical abuse
- Neglect
- Sexual assault
- Emotional abuse
- Financial exploitation
Understaffing is one common catalyst for all of these issues. Without adequate staff, the risk of neglect rises, as does the ability of bad actors to abuse patients without witnesses. Families that suspect their loved ones experienced this type of abuse should contact a Tampa nursing home abuse attorney to determine whether they have a potential claim.
Experienced personal injury lawyer in Tampa, Florida
Personal injury law covers a wide range of potential scenarios. However, in each case, the issue comes down to someone being hurt by another person’s negligence. There is an injustice to suffering an injury because someone else behaved carelessly or recklessly. The law offers victims in these situations an opportunity to recover compensation. At MattLaw, we fight to protect the rights of those harmed and to help them collect the compensation they need. We focus on several areas within personal injury law, including vehicle accidents, slip and falls, and more.
Motor vehicle accident lawyer in Tampa
Motor vehicle accidents account for millions of personal injury cases each year. In Florida alone, there are nearly 400,000 car crashes a year. Those collisions fall into various categories that may have different implications. At MattLaw, we represent people injured in the following categories and more:
- Car accidents
- Truck crashes
- Bicycle accidents
- Rideshare crashes
- Pedestrian accidents
While the injuries these accidents cause victims are obvious, proving fault can be more challenging. Even if you believe you might share responsibility for the incident that caused you harm, you need an attorney. In Florida, you can still collect compensation for your injuries from a liable party as long as you are 50% or less at fault.
Proving another driver negligent means showing certain specific evidence, including that:
- The driver owed you a duty (to follow the rules of the road)
- They breached that duty
- Their breach of duty caused you harm
- You suffered measurable harm or damages
If you aren’t sure whether you have a valid claim, you need to speak with a Tampa personal injury attorney.
Tampa catastrophic injuries lawyer
Personal injury cases involve all kinds of injuries, ranging from minor to life-changing. Catastrophic injuries are those that will have life-long, permanent impacts on a person’s daily life, ability to work, and more. Some examples include traumatic brain injuries and amputations. A traumatic brain injury will cause cognitive difficulties that impede a person’s ability to work. In those cases, the need for compensation is high as it will help provide for the cost of living when a person can no longer support themselves.
In the case of amputations, which can involve the loss of a limb, the medical care required is extensive. Those costs and the expense of advanced support tools like prosthetics can lead to extreme financial hardship. At the same time, the injury can affect their ability to earn income.
If you or a family member suffered a severe, life-altering injury because of someone else’s negligence, you need to pursue compensation. Your first course of action should be to find an experienced personal injury attorney in Tampa.
Slip and fall lawyer, Tampa
Slip and fall accidents happen when a person falls, often because of a slippery or uneven floor. While falls might not seem particularly dangerous, they are the leading cause of accidental death for the elderly. Many of those falls are entirely preventable but result from negligence in the form of clutter, uneven stairs, and other risk factors. When this happens because someone neglected to remedy something dangerous, they may be liable for the resulting injuries.
There are different rules for slip and fall cases depending on the type of visitor involved. Shops and commercial settings face the strictest standards. In a social setting, where you are an invited guest in someone’s home, the expectation is the same as in business settings. Someone who is not invited but expected to walk on your property for their own purposes has slightly less protection from the law, while the lowest level of protection goes to trespassers who aren’t supposed to be on the property in the first place. However, even with trespassers, the law includes some protections, especially if the trespassing person is a child.
Wrongful death attorney in Tampa
Tragically, some injuries caused in car accidents, medical malpractice cases, slip and falls and other events are fatal. When an accident costs someone their life, their family has certain rights. Wrongful death claims allow a person’s family to recover for:
- Any funeral and burial expenses
- Medical treatment, including surgeries and hospitalization that occurred following the accident and after a person died
- Compensation for the pain and suffering the victim suffered from the accident before their death
- Loss of income the person would have earned for their family
- Loss of household services
- Added expenses related to becoming a single parent
It’s important to speak to a Tampa wrongful death attorney promptly, as there are strict deadlines for filing these claims.
Areas of practice in St. Petersburg
MattLaw has offices in St. Petersburg, where we represent clients in the following matters:
- Medical malpractice
- Birth injuries
- Sepsis malpractice
Contact our St. Petersburg, Florida attorneys to discuss your case.
Do you have a Tampa personal injury lawyer near me?
We have an office conveniently located at 304 S. Plant Ave, Tampa, FL 33606, and another location in St. Petersburg. You can schedule an appointment to speak about your case with one of our attorneys in our offices or virtually.
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If you’ve been involved in an accident or suffered injuries because of medical negligence, you need to contact an attorney. Each area of law has strict statutes of limitations that prevent you from filing your case if you wait too long. Contact MattLaw today and schedule a free consultation with one of our attorneys in our Tampa office.
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