It’s Not Business, It’s Personal
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
The Food & Drug Administration has recalled, textured breast implants that were made by Allergan. The FDA also announced that the implants will be recalled globally. The Allergan devices were banned in Europe late last year. The disease which the implants are linked to is anaplastic large cell lymphoma, a rare cancer of the immune […]
Florida Doctors Previous Negligence Still Risking Future Negligence in Patients When a Florida doctor’s negligence causes the loss of a loved one or leaves you with a life-changing injury, you file a medical malpractice lawsuit to collect damages and, hopefully, deter that physician from committing preventable errors in the future. Unfortunately, there’s a high likelihood […]
Multiple sclerosis (MS) and stroke are two distinct medical conditions, but they have a few things in common. To begin with, both diagnoses are extremely serious. MS is a chronic health condition that can fundamentally alter quality of life and may even be totally debilitating to the patient. Stroke, meanwhile, is a life-threatening medical emergency. […]
We look at several of the biggest, multi-million-dollar medical malpractice recoveries in recent Florida history (and some of our own successes as Miami medical malpractice attorneys). You might have heard that medical malpractice claims are some of the toughest cases to win in Florida. If you’ve recently suffered injury or hardship because of a health […]
Not too long ago, a Veterans Administration Medical Center settled a medical malpractice lawsuit with an Army veteran for approximately $750,000. Complications from an unnecessary surgery left the veteran permanently disabled. He followed all the required steps for suing the Veterans Administration (VA), which admitted liability without going to trial. Other veterans have also won […]
In 1995, a Florida hospital and surgeon made national news, but not in a good way. In a medical malpractice case that is still talked about today, a surgeon cut off a diabetic patient’s healthy leg instead of the diseased one. A string of hospital and physician errors led to the mistake. The surgeon defended […]
Abortion is never an easy choice, and when a woman suffers injuries because of the procedure, she may not know where to turn for help. If you have been injured as the result of terminating a pregnancy, you may wonder if you can sue for abortion clinic malpractice. State laws do not treat abortion clinics […]