Patrick M. Meacham
Partner
Patrick Meacham manages a diverse litigation practice that supports clients in areas such as professional negligence, products and premises liability, catastrophic personal injury and mass torts. Hospitals and health care providers turn to Pat’s trial experience when they face professional malpractice and negligence suits and administrative actions before state regulators. Drawing from his knowledge of North Carolina’s health care industry, Pat helps hospitals manage costly risks, maintain their credentials, strengthen their policies and procedures and train their workforce.
Pat provides a steady hand to clients seeking assistance after catastrophic injury events such as plant explosions, industrial accidents, building collapses, fires, natural gas and electrical incidents. Clients appreciate Pat’s deft handling of witness, expert and party depositions, his management of pre-trial discovery and preparation as he brings these complex cases to trial.
Experience
- Obtained summary judgment for all defendants in a wrongful death case involving an industrial accident at a local research university.
- Won a defense verdict for a cardiothoracic surgeon in a wrongful death case related to the placement of a pacemaker and the patient’s subsequent acute injury.
- Won a defense verdict for a long-term care facility and its administrator following a two-week trial focusing on an alleged patient assault at the property.
- Defend health care providers and hospitals before the North Carolina Medical Board in professional malpractice actions and administrative hearings.
- Counsel Fortune 500 clients on occupational safety and health issues and represent them before the North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Division and the North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.