Texas Personal Injury, Wrongful Death and Medical Malpractice Law Firm

Hartley Hampton, Attorney at Law

1150 Bissonnet Houston, Texas 77005 USA

 (866) 635-0811

www.hartleyhamptonlaw.com
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Hartley Hampton is an experienced, dedicated law firm serving clients in Texas. For more than 30 years, Hartley Hampton has been one of Houston's most respected and recognized names for lawsuits involving medical malpractice, birth injuries, anesthesia accidents and other serious personal injuries, helping individuals and families recover the compensation they deserve.

Attorney Hampton combines a deep understanding of the medical and legal issues with a breadth of experience. He is highly respected by his peers having served as President of the Texas Trial lawyers Association, Houston Trial Lawyer's Association, and Houston Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is included in The Best Lawyers in America and has been voted a Texas Super Lawyer for many years. He works to understand and appreciate his clients' issues and improve the quality of their lives.

Medical malpractice cases are complicated and the facts are rarely what they appear on the surface. At Hartley Hampton, P.C., we obtain and carefully analyze the medical records, films and lab studies and we consult specialists in the relevant medical fields. Depending on how long it takes to obtain the medical records, this process can take 90 days, plus or minus.

Practice Areas

Practice Areas Description

Our practice includes:

- Personal Injury

Attorney Hartley Hampton offers knowledgeable legal advice and representation to people injured in accidents and families facing the loss of loved one due to negligence, reckless behavior or criminal acts. Hartley Hampton has been representing injured families and accident victims throughout Texas and the Gulf Coast since 1977. He is known for taking on cases that other lawyers find too daunting because of their difficulty or complexity.

- Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice occurs when a negligent act or omission by a doctor or other medical professional results in damage or harm to a patient. Negligence by a medical professional could include an error in a diagnosis, treatment or illness management. If such negligence results in injury to a patient, a case could arise against the doctor. As a medical malpractice law firm, we have been successful recovering compensation in cases such as failure to diagnose cancer, use of improper medications, injuries to mother or child during birth, and surgical errors.

- Hospital Negligence

The law office of Hartley Hampton represents victims of substandard, negligent hospital care in cases involving the following: Failure to monitor; Failure to carry out doctors orders; Failure to notify doctors; Wrong medical procedure; Prescription errors; Serious infections; Physical assault; Errors by respiratory therapists; Errors by ICU nurses. If you or a family member has suffered serious medical complications or injuries due to hospital negligence, attorney Hartley Hampton can help. He works with investigators in exposing negligent care that results in serious physical injuries and medical complications.

- Birth Injuries

The birth process is one of the most medically dangerous times in every person's life, and simple errors or misjudgment in the birth room or during pre- or postnatal care can result in tragic birth injuries and medical problems that can affect a mother or baby for a lifetime. Hartley Hampton, P.C. handles malpractice claims for birth injuries such as: Mismanagement of Group B Strep; Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy; Cerebral palsy; Birth-Related Seizure Disorder; Fetal Brachycardia; Respiratory distress; Cord compression; Perinatal asphyxia; Perinatal hypoxia; Anoxic brain injury; Forceps injuries and other negligent birth trauma.

- Products Liability

Defective or dangerous products claims, known as products liability lawsuits, generally involve defects in the manufacturing process, a design flaw, or defective marketing. Most states, including Texas, have adopted laws that place strict liability on manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of products that cause injury, death, or property damage to buyers or users. To be successful, the plaintiff must prove that the manufacturing defect existed when the product left the defendant’s control and that it rendered the product “unreasonably dangerous.”

- Catastrophic Injury

Catastrophic injuries include traumatic brain injuries (TBI), amputation, paralysis from spinal cord injuries, blindness, and disfigurement resulting from severe burns, among others. A catastrophic injury can dramatically reduce a person's quality of life, ability to earn a living, or ability to provide love and affection to immediate family members. The personal injury law offices of Hartley Hampton, P.C., may be able to help you recover the full compensation your family needs following the tragedy of a catastrophic injury. We offer our clients more than our substantial trial experience in catastrophic injury claims.

- Construction Accident

We represent people injured in construction accidents such as: Scaffold accidents; Injuries from defective industrial equipment; Accidents involving contact with high voltage lines; Construction truck accidents; Burns from welding injuries; Injury or illness caused by chemical exposure; Injuries from falling objects. If you were hurt in a workplace accident, you should be aware that construction accidents are often the result of negligence on the part of one or more insured third parties from you could claim compensation in addition to that through your employer’s Workers’ Comp insurance. Hartley Hampton has extensive experience seeking compensation for people injured in many types of construction site accidents.

- Legal Malpractice

We believe that it is the professional responsibility of every licensed attorney and paralegal to uphold the integrity of the profession. Texas civil litigation attorney Hartley Hampton takes misconduct and unacceptable errors by legal professionals very seriously. If you have been the victim of legal errors, breach of fiduciary duty, or malfeasance by a lawyer that resulted in a financial loss, we can pursue a claim on your behalf. Attorney Hartley Hampton has 30 years of experience helping people recover damages from attorneys whose unacceptably poor representation cost them money.

- Trucking Accident

The law office Attorney Hartley Hampton has been helping motorists, truck drivers, and their families recover damages for serious injury or wrongful death suffered in semi-truck accidents since 1977. Many trucking accident cases have been referred to Hartley Hampton by other lawyers and firms. We handle virtually any type of truck accident case, including those that involve: Flatbed freight injuries; Tanker-truck accidents; Catastrophic injury; Fatal accidents. Commercial truck crashes also involve numerous state and federal regulations and complex liability issues between transportation carriers, drivers, vehicle owner, and multiple insurance companies.

- Wrongful Death

The personal injury law office of Hartley Hampton represents clients in wrongful death cases involving the following: Medical malpractice; Birth injuries; Dangerous drug interactions; Defective Medical Devices; Surgical procedure errors; Hospital negligence; Labor and delivery errors; Construction / work accidents; Premises liability; Dangerous products. Attorney Hartley Hampton works with investigators and experts in medicine, accident reconstruction, materials, engineering, manufacturing, toxicology, design, and psychology. We expose negligence and the cause of fatal accidents. We provide free consultations in order to evaluate your case and discuss the options available to you for seeking legally redress.

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