It’s Not Business, It’s Personal
Just because you are undergoing an operation for cosmetic reasons, not a medical necessity, does not mean your surgical team does not owe you the same duty of care that every patient deserves under Florida law. This is because every type of surgery carries some risk...
Everyone who goes to a healthcare facility expects to be examined, diagnosed, and treated. However, it doesn’t always go smoothly and you may end up further hurt. Some healthcare professionals might be negligent or lax in their responsibilities, which can have serious consequences for the patient. It might lead to a more complicated medical problem and greater injuries. If this…
In most personal injury cases, the facts can be discovered through testimony of Independent witnesses, the injured party, camera footage, police investigation and other easily accessible forms of evidence. In surgery malpractice cases, the victims are sedated and effectively unavailable as witnesses to the malpractice. Victims have no memory or have just a muddled recollection of the events, or they do not…
The American Medical Association and Insurance industry are very powerful groups that have lobbied the state legislature to draft and pass special rules that benefit health care providers. Medical Malpractice is defined as any act or omission by a physician during treatment of a patient that deviates from accepted norms of practice (Standard of care) in the medical community and…
Our lawyers specialize in Stroke cases. Strokes are the third leading cause of deaths in the United States. Each year, about 800,000 individuals suffer a stroke in the Country. It is estimated that 140,000 individuals die as a result of a stroke. A Stroke occurs when blood flow to the brain stops. It is often caused by a blood clot or a rupture…
Dental malpractice can occur when a dental patient is harmed through the provision of sub-standard care. Just as medical doctors can be held liable for medical negligence, so can dentists In order to make a successful case for dental malpractice, an injured patient and their attorney will need to establish the following: the existence of a dentist-patient relationship the…
You rely on your prescription medication to treat your illnesses, injuries, and other ailments. For as much good as prescription medication can do, though, just as much harm can be done if you are prescribed the wrong medication. Doctors need to be aware of the dangers that the wrong medication can cause and prescribe drugs and dosages very carefully. If…
With states slowly reopening, citizens hope to have some form of normalcy return to their lives soon. However, with the effects of the coronavirus continuing to be felt in each state, healthcare and insurance industries have been lobbying to their state’s respective legislatures to enact civil immunity for doctors, hospitals, and nursing homes. As Miami Medical Malpractice lawyers we…
When we go to the doctor or seek medical treatment, we expect that the healthcare provider will give us his undivided attention and treat us in a competent manner. Too often, this is not the case — and patients suffer as a result. Missed diagnoses, wrong diagnoses, surgical errors and other problems can lead to serious or even fatal complications.…
On April 29, 2019, legislators passed regulations that repeal the Certificate of Need (CON) law. The new measure primarily affects hospitals. The law prohibited health care providers from venturing into new business markets unless a need went unmet in an underserved community. Unfortunately, the CON law also limited innovations in the health care space. Moreover, lawmakers agreed. As of July…