Longview Texas Medical Malpractice Lawyer

Hastings Law Firm represents injured patients and families from Longview, Texas, in medical malpractice claims against hospitals, physicians and other health care providers. Our medical malpractice lawyers handle these claims from our Dallas office, which serves all of East Texas. When medical care goes wrong, a patient and their family can be left with a serious injury, a longer recovery, or the loss of a loved one. Finding out what happened and who should be held accountable takes attorneys who understand medicine as well as they understand the courtroom. At Hastings Law Firm, medical malpractice is all we do!

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Last Updated: October 30, 2026

Trial-Ready Medical Negligence Attorneys for Longview, Texas Patients and Families

Hastings Law Firm’s medical negligence attorneys bring experienced representation to Longview, Texas patients and families. Tommy Hastings, the firm’s founder, is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law and has represented injured patients since 2001. Our team also includes former malpractice defense attorneys who understand the tactics hospitals use to deny liability.

Our Longview medical malpractice lawyers put that experience to work on every claim. We work with a nationwide network of medical experts who review the care and explain where it fell below the accepted standard. Every case is prepared as if it were going to trial, and that preparation has brought multimillion-dollar settlements and record-setting verdicts for injured patients and families. Those results come from a firm that has been dedicated exclusively to medical malpractice since 2005.

Contact us now for a free, confidential case review. Our team will listen to what happened, investigate your claim, and explain your options.

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The Types of Cases Our Medical Malpractice Law Firm Handles in Longview

Hastings Law Firm takes medical negligence cases for Longview, Texas patients and families, including birth injuries, misdiagnosis, and surgical, medication, emergency room and hospital errors. We build each case from the complete medical records, then bring in qualified medical experts to explain what the care should have been.

Longview families come to us most with these claims:

  • Birth injuries. Fetal distress can go unrecognized during labor, or a needed delivery can be delayed. A birth injury can mean years of therapy and care. A birth injury lawyer at our firm reads the fetal heart monitoring alongside the labor and delivery notes.
  • Misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis. A serious illness can be misread, or an abnormal test result left without follow-up. By the time the right diagnosis comes, the best chance for treatment may have passed. For misdiagnosis claims, we set each symptom, test and result in order.
  • Surgical errors. A procedure can injure a nearby organ, or a complication afterward can go unnoticed. That can mean another operation and additional recovery time. Our surgical malpractice lawyers study the operative report beside the anesthesia and recovery notes.
  • Medication errors. A patient can receive the wrong drug or the wrong dose. A reaction can lengthen a hospital stay or cause lasting harm. In medication error cases, we follow the order from the prescriber through the pharmacy to the bedside.
  • Emergency room errors. A serious condition can be missed at triage, or treatment can start too late. Lost time can turn a treatable illness into a permanent injury. We handle emergency room malpractice claims by rebuilding the visit from the triage notes, orders and discharge instructions.
  • Hospital negligence. Short staffing, gaps in monitoring or a missed handoff can let a patient’s condition decline. Falls, infections and pressure injuries can follow. For hospital negligence claims, we review the nursing notes and staffing records.

These are the most common claims, not every claim our medical malpractice law firm handles. If what happened to you is not listed, ask us about it.

The Hastings Law Firm Difference

Results matter, but what truly sets us apart is how we achieve them. Every verdict, every settlement, and every courtroom victory comes from one guiding promise: To treat each client’s fight for justice as if it were our own.

  • Founded in 2005 with an exclusive focus on healthcare litigation.
  • A team of personal injury attorneys, medical professionals, intake specialists, and board certified patient advocates that understands this complex and specialized field of law.
  • Board-certified trial leadership under Tommy Hastings, ensuring every case is handled with deep knowledge, experience, and integrity.
  • A roster that includes former malpractice defense attorneys that know how the medical industry defends claims.
  • National network of medical experts who provide the specialized testimony needed to prove complex claims.
  • Record setting multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements that demonstrate meaningful outcomes.
  • Compassionate, client-centered representation ensuring each person is heard and supported.

This balance of skill, experience, and empathy reflects our core philosophy that justice should not only compensate the injured, but also make health care safer nationwide.

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Filing a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit in Gregg or Harrison County

A medical malpractice lawsuit over care given in Longview, Texas, can generally be filed in Gregg County, or in Harrison County when the care was given in the part of Longview that lies there. Under Section 15.002 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, a lawsuit generally goes to the county where all or a substantial part of the events happened. Some cases can instead be filed where an individual defendant lived when the claim arose, or where an organization being sued has its principal office in Texas.

A Gregg County lawsuit is filed and heard at the Gregg County Courthouse on East Methvin Street in Longview. Harrison County cases go to the Harrison County Courthouse in Marshall, the county seat. The county where the hospital gave the care is generally a proper place to file.

CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center – Longview, on Marshall Avenue, is part of the nonprofit CHRISTUS Health system and offers 24/7 emergency, stroke, maternity and surgical care. Longview Regional Medical Center, on North Fourth Street, offers emergency, heart, maternity, pediatric and surgical care. Wherever the care was given, Texas law requires notice before a malpractice suit is filed and an expert report once the case begins.

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What to Do After Being Harmed by Medical Negligence in Texas

After being harmed by medical negligence in Texas, start by getting the medical care you need, then request your medical and billing records and write down what happened. Treatment protects your health, and the records from that treatment show what was done and when.

Under federal privacy law, patients have a right to copies of their medical and billing records, with few exceptions. A provider cannot refuse a copy because a bill has not been paid. Keep every bill, receipt and letter about the care, along with notes of your own.

Those notes should list the dates of treatment, who was involved, and what each person told you. If an insurer for the hospital or provider asks you for a statement, be careful what you say before speaking with a lawyer. Texas sets strict deadlines for these claims, so an early free review with a medical malpractice attorney in Longview keeps your options open.

Our Longview Medical Malpractice Lawyers Come to You

Hastings Law Firm’s medical malpractice lawyers come to patients and families in Longview, Texas, wherever they are, from our Dallas office. Our attorneys meet you at home, in a hospital room or at a rehabilitation facility. Phone and video meetings are available too, with the same attorneys.

Each case we take for a Longview family has the full experience of our Dallas medical malpractice lawyers behind it. If a patient cannot make the first call, a relative or friend can make it for them. Members of our intake team speak Spanish, so you can tell us what happened in English or Spanish.

Our Longview medical malpractice lawyers then request the medical records and take care of the filings and deadlines. Your time and energy can go to recovery and to your family.

If You or a Loved One Were Harmed by Medical Negligence in Longview, Speak With Our Medical Malpractice Attorneys Today

Hastings Law Firm performs a free, confidential case review for patients and families in Longview, Texas, to find out whether you have a valid claim. Medicine carries risk, and a bad outcome is not always negligence. A Longview medical malpractice attorney at our firm will tell you plainly what the review finds.

If we take your case, our board-certified patient advocates stay in contact and keep you informed whenever something noteworthy happens. Our team is here for you. You pay no fee unless we win.

Longview Medical Malpractice FAQs

A medical malpractice case in Longview, Texas, requires proof of four elements. The health care provider owed the patient a duty of care, the care fell below the accepted medical standard, that shortfall caused an injury, and the injury brought real losses.

Causation, the link between the care and the harm, rests on the medical records and what medical experts conclude from them. Our guide to proving causation in a malpractice case shows how that link is built.

A medical malpractice lawyer in Longview, Texas, who works on a contingency fee costs nothing up front, because the fee is paid only if the case is won. Our attorneys take medical malpractice cases on that basis. The free, confidential case review comes before any agreement and shows whether there is a claim.

The value of a medical negligence claim in Longview, Texas, depends on the medical costs, the income lost and how the injury changed the patient’s life. Section 74.301 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code limits non-economic damages, such as pain and mental anguish, to $250,000 per claimant against all physicians and other non-institutional providers combined. Each hospital or other health care institution faces its own $250,000 limit per claimant, with $500,000 the combined limit when more than one is responsible.

Economic losses, such as medical bills and lost earnings, fall outside that section’s caps. Our guide to Texas medical malpractice damage caps explains how each limit applies.

You generally have two years to file a malpractice lawsuit in Longview, Texas, counted from the date of the negligent act. When the related treatment or hospital stay ended can also matter. Section 74.251 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code sets that deadline, and a child injured before age 12 generally has until his or her 14th birthday, although the Texas Constitution can keep that deadline from cutting off a child’s claim before the child can sue.

Before suing, a patient must give 60 days’ written notice to each health care provider being sued. Notice given as the statute requires, including the medical authorization, pauses the two-year deadline for 75 days. An expert report is generally due within 120 days after each defendant’s original answer, and a separate 10-year limit, counted from the negligent act, generally applies. Our Texas statute of limitations guide for malpractice claims covers each rule.

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Tommy Hastings, founder of Hastings Law Firm, is a board-certified personal injury trial lawyer (by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization) dedicated exclusively to healthcare injury cases. Since 2001, he has represented injured patients and families in litigation against major hospital systems, pharmaceutical companies, and negligent healthcare providers nationwide. He has handled numerous high-profile cases that have drawn national media attention and resulted in multi-million dollar recoveries.