Lanham, MD Personal Injury Lawyers

Attorneys for Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home Injuries, and Other Injuries in Lanham, Maryland

While people can usually expect to go through their daily lives and avoid problems that could affect their safety or health, there are situations where they may be placed at risk by the actions of others. Accidents and injuries can occur when people or businesses are negligent. In these cases, injury victims can take steps to hold the negligent parties accountable and obtain financial compensation.

The lawyers at Farmer & Klopfer, help people who have been seriously hurt in situations involving negligence. We can provide guidance on how to address the damages that a person has suffered, including their financial losses, and the emotional harm that has occurred. Our team has decades of experience in these matters, and we have the dedication needed to fight for our clients' rights and help them recover from the harm they have suffered.

Medical Malpractice

Patients rely on physicians, surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists, and other medical professionals to provide them with medical care. These professionals are required to meet certain standards, and when they fail to do so, patients may suffer injuries. These issues can be addressed through medical malpractice claims.

Medical errors can occur in hospitals, emergency rooms, surgical suites, outpatient clinics, radiology departments, pharmacies, and doctor's offices. Negligence by medical providers may include a misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis that prevented a person from receiving time-sensitive medical care for a serious illness, birth injuries affecting the health of babies or mothers, surgical errors, anesthesia errors, laboratory or radiology errors, and other issues that can cause patients to suffer serious injuries, ongoing health conditions, or disabilities.

Nursing Home Neglect and Abuse

Older adults and other residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities may be at risk of serious harm if they do not receive the proper care and supervision. Nursing home residents may depend on staff members for food, hydration, medications, hygiene, and medical care. When nursing homes are negligent, serious injuries can occur due to neglect, abuse, or other issues.

Physical neglect can occur when a nursing home does not have enough staff members working. When there are too few caregivers to attend to all residents, patients may experience injuries such as bedsores, malnutrition, or dehydration. Fall injuries can occur if the proper assistance is not provided. If a person does not receive the proper medical care, their condition may deteriorate. A lack of supervision may lead to wandering and elopement, putting nursing home residents in situations where serious injuries can occur.

Nursing home residents may also experience physical abuse by staff members or other residents, emotional or verbal abuse, sexual abuse, or financial exploitation. When a nursing home does not screen staff members during the hiring process, provide the proper training, or ensure that employees are supervised correctly, abuse may go undetected.

Product Liability

Consumer products should be safe when they are used as intended. Unfortunately, some products are placed on the market without proper testing, with defective components, or with other safety issues that can lead to injuries. Manufacturers or others who make products available to consumers may be held liable for injuries caused by dangerous products.

Products may have design defects that make them unsafe, such as vehicles with roofs that collapse in rollover accidents, medical devices that cause damage to people's bodies, or children's toys with small parts that may cause choking. Manufacturing defects may cause products to become unsafe, such as improper wiring in an appliance or food products that become contaminated when being packaged. Injuries may also occur in cases where a manufacturer does not disclose potential risks to consumers, such as when drug manufacturers do not inform people about potential side effects.

Premises Liability

Injuries may occur in locations such as shopping centers, apartment complexes, or restaurants when property owners fail to address potential hazards. Premises liability claims can address situations where a property owner or a tenant who was in control of a property did not take the proper steps to ensure that people who visited the premises were safe from harm.

Cases involving premises liability may include slip and fall accidents, negligent security, swimming pool injuries, or dog bites. Our attorneys can help clients demonstrate that a property owner knew about or should have known about hazards on their property, that they did not take the proper steps to prevent visitors from being injured by these hazards, and that the property owner's negligence was responsible for causing a person's injuries.

Motor Vehicle Accidents

Multiple busy highways run through Lanham, and local roads also experience high volumes of traffic. Accidents can occur when people drive negligently, and they can result in injuries that can affect a person's physical and financial health. Car accidents may occur because of negligence such as traffic light violations, tailgating, speeding, distracted driving, or driving while intoxicated. These issues can also lead to motorcycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, and other types of collisions.

Accidents involving commercial vehicles can be especially serious. Because 18-wheelers and other large trucks are so massive, truck accidents can cause catastrophic injuries to other drivers and passengers. Our lawyers know how to investigate truck accidents and determine whether they were caused by the negligence of truck drivers, trucking companies, cargo loaders, or other parties. We will work to ensure that our clients can receive full and fair compensation for the injuries suffered in these types of accidents.

Contact Our Lanham Personal Injury Attorneys

After suffering a serious injury that was caused by someone else's negligence, you will need to make sure you take the right steps to hold them responsible and obtain compensation for your damages. At Farmer & Klopfer, our attorneys can make sure your case will be handled correctly, and we will fight to ensure that you will be made whole. Contact our Lanham, MD personal injury lawyers at 301-843-3890 to schedule your free consultation.