North Carolina Medical Malpractice legal questions and top-rated attorney answers

North Carolina Medical Malpractice questions and answers

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  Can I sue for malpractice in North Carolina?

  Asked in Fayetteville, NC on July 15, 2025 Answered by 1 other attorney

  

• I recently had a colonoscopy and upper endoscopy and I think I have complications as a result. Is it Medical Malpractice?

  Asked in Mooresville, NC | February 6, 2026

  My throat bothers me every day. Eating and drinking doesn't feel the same as before the procedure. Even drinking water is irritating my throat. I coughed up blood one night. My bowel movements don't seem normal again.

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• My mom suffered a stroke due to blood clot from her leg stemming from a misdiagnosed stomach cancer. Case or no?

  Asked in Greensboro, NC | October 31, 2025

  My mother suffered a stroke due to a blood clot from her leg that stemmed from a misdiagnosed stomach cancer which had metastasized to her liver. The cancer was an incidental finding from a CT scan that was done when she was admitted to the hospital for the stroke. The CT scan was done because after blood work, she was noted to have a hemoglobin of 5 and Doctor wanted to see if she had a bleed somewhere.

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• I had a kidney transplant. They snipped my intestines. What can I do?

  Asked in Pikeville, NC | January 17, 2026

  They snipped my intestines and caused me to get bad infections in my intestines and my liver and I was on a respirator for almost three weeks and almost lost my life. I am still having issues with my stomach and they deformed my stomach. What are my legal steps?

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• How Do I Know If Medical Malpractice Caused My Baby’s Birth Injury In North Carolina?

  Asked in Greenville, NC | March 16, 2023

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• Four visits to local emergency room and two visits to VA medical center ended in paralization of cancer patient.

  Asked in Creedmoor, NC | April 28, 2026

  VA was supposed to monitor for the spread of cancer. After 6 months of chemotherapy and radiation oncology, his back was hurting for several weeks, and after 3 EMS rides and visits to the emergency room, he was sent home, and on Saturday, he was paralyzed. He also had 2 visits to the VA medical center, and they failed to do a full contrast because of a lack of communication with other hospital, and he was sent to ER, where they found that his spinal cord required emergency service, and he became paralyzed because of the negligence between the hospital and medical center.

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• Had to get a medical expert opinion. If I had one would the cost of medical negligence case be cheaper?

  Asked in Fayetteville, NC | February 20, 2026

  ERs repeatedly failed to recognize obvious cervical myelopathy, despite classic red flags and abnormal imaging. Providers ignored a critical CT addendum and never escalated me to neurosurgery. My seizure‑like episodes and collapses were never connected to cervical instability, even though they resolved only after stabilization. I was forced to wait 8 months for surgery while experiencing a rapid neurological decline.

  Post‑operative instability and hardware failure were missed for another year, prolonging my symptoms. Ultimately, multiple loose screws and a major cervical collapse requiring a fusion to T4 were found. I lived with disabling neurological symptoms for nearly 2 years because no one recognized or addressed the underlying instability. These failures represent a systemic breakdown in diagnosis, escalation, and post‑operative care, resulting in permanent neurological injury.

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• A hospital ran a spinal tap test on me before taking urine.

  Asked in Charlotte, NC | April 22, 2026

  I had sepsis from failure of my kidney and liver, the first hospital I went to not knowing I had sepsis. They took me to a room and before taking any urine test, they ran a spinal tap thinking I had Meningitis, as in, I did have a headache and neck pain. As that test came back negative, from what I remember, they might've run a blood test, but still no urine test. They couldn't figure out what was wrong with me and got me admitted to the hospital. Once I got into the wheelchair to get admitted in the second hospital, they then took a urine test. Once I was admitted, my doctor told us they had no test results back from the first hospital. Once they ran my urine test you could instantly tell there was something wrong with my kidneys. This happened in November 2025, as I am a minor (17 years old), 18 in a few months. My doctor recommended that I take legal action, not just for my sake and my recovery, but for the sake of one little "mistake" like that, which almost cost me my life.

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