After the initial consultation our lawyers will evaluate your claim. If we cannot take on your claim you will receive a decline letter explaining why.

If this is a matter we can assist with then we will ask you to complete some forms and provide us with copies of the medical records, bills and/or other relevant materials you may have. We can assist in coordinating gathering relevant materials to assist in evaluating your potential claim.

In medical negligence matter, after we have completed our initial investigation and review of the relevant medical records we will consult with medical experts to determine if this is a matter we could pursue. After the expert evaluation has been completed we will ask you assist us in gathering a list of medical providers required to put the medical providers on notice of your claim. After the notice letter has been sent, we will begin to prepare the case for a claim to be filed.

Lyons and Lyons offers free consultations. We also work on a contingency fee contract; if we are not successful in obtaining a favorable monetary outcome, you do not owe us a fee or for our expenditures.

In the state of Texas, a person who has experienced medical malpractice may generally have two years from the date of the incident to bring the claim to court. It can take a considerable amount of time to gather records, review, and prepare a case to be filed. If you believe that you may have been the victim of medical malpractice, you should seek the advice of an attorney as soon as possible to preserve your claim.

Our lawyers need important information to accurately evaluate a claim. Please provide the date of negligence, who was negligent, what they did wrong and what injuries occurred. With this information Lyons and Lyons can help you determine if your case is entitled to compensation.

It is often better that the patient attempt to get his or her own medical records first. When doctors and hospitals see requests from medical injury lawyers, such requests put them on notice of a potential claim. A review of the medical records is essential to our evaluation of your case

Medical malpractice occurs when a health care professional or provider neglects to provide appropriate treatment, omits to take an appropriate action, or gives substandard treatment that causes harm, injury, or death to a patient.
Lyons and Lyons handles a wide range of medical malpractice claims:

Birth injuries — We seek compensation for parents whose infants suffer fetal distress, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, hypoxia, and other birth injuries.

Surgical errors — Our firm works to hold surgeons accountable for anesthesia errors, nerve damage and wrong-site surgery mistakes, among other forms of surgical malpractice.

Medication mistakes — If you were given the wrong drug, prescribed the wrong dosage or harmed by other pharmaceutical errors, we will seek the full compensation you deserve.

Failure to diagnose — When doctors fail to diagnose serious conditions such as cancer or heart disease, that failure can be life-threatening.