A Florida medical malpractice lawyer can represent you after you or your loved one is injured due to improper medical care.

As a society, we task doctors and healthcare professionals with providing safe, affordable healthcare to ourselves and our loved ones. We place our health and well-being in their hands.

However, working as a doctor is similar to any occupation: some in the profession are more capable than others. When a medical procedure is performed, the guidelines and steps associated with it are often clear and concise. If a medical professional does not perform the procedure properly, either due to negligence or incompetence, severe injury or death can result.

Florida medical malpractice happens far more often than you may want to believe. Hospitals are burdened with a great deal of patients and often treat hundreds of patients a day. Careful attention and concern to patient care can sometimes fall by the wayside as quantity takes priority over quality. If you feel you or a loved one have suffered as a result of negligence on the part of a healthcare professional, it is time to contact a Florida medical malpractice lawyer.

Every Florida medical malpractice lawyer at our firm is well-versed in the laws governing medical malpractice cases. Our years of experience in malpractice cases help us to represent our clients to the fullest extent of the law. We will fight hard on your behalf to ensure your medical rights are protected. If it is determined that your case represents negligence on the part of your healthcare provider, you may receive compensation for the losses and injuries incurred as a result.

The task of a Florida medical malpractice lawyer is both noble and practical. Representing victims of healthcare negligence and malpractice helps to ensure medical professionals take every precaution when treating patients. This leads to fewer injuries and deaths as the result of malpractice. In addition, we provide the means for everyday working Florida residents to fight for their rights as patients. By providing checks and balances against medical care professionals, we ensure all Floridians receive the best medical treatment available. Because of the way we represent clients, we can provide legal services to even the most economically disadvantaged victims of medical malpractice.

Call our offices today and speak to a Florida medical malpractice lawyer. Your first consultation with a malpractice lawyer is always free. Our lawyers will take on your medical malpractice case on a contingency-fee basis, meaning we will receive no financial compensation unless we secure a settlement for you. If it is determined that the healthcare you received violated medical malpractice laws, you may receive a settlement to compensate for the losses you have endured. While a settlement can never restore the health of you or a loved one, it will give you the satisfaction and means to move on with your life.

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IF THERE IS NO RECOVERY, WE DO NOT CHARGE YOU ATTORNEY’S FEES OR COSTS. NOTE: The Florida Bar has no specific categories of lawyer for individual types of cases within the area of personal injury.

Consult your Florida Medical Malpractice Lawyer early. Medical Malpractice and Dental Malpractice cases are often technical, time consuming, and costly. In Florida, many doctors do not carry any malpractice insurance. Only a small percentage of Florida Personal Injury Lawyers have experience trying medical malpractice cases in a courtroom. If your case is turned down during your first consultation with a Florida Medical Malpractice Attorney, seek the second opinion of another Florida Medical Malpractice Lawyer. Many times I have accepted and settled cases that were originally rejected by a fellow Florida Medical Malpractice Lawyer. Not everyone evaluates a case in the same way.

YOUR FIRST CONSULTATION:

Your Florida Medical Malpractice Lawyer will want to know the smallest of details regarding your medical or dental malpractice. Some common questions are:

• What health care provider(s) do you think committed medical malpractice?
• When do you think the medical malpractice occurred?
• What do you think your health care provider(s) did wrong?
• Did the malpractice result in a death or prolonged illness?
• If a death claim, was there a will? Was there an estate opened?
• What has been the effect(s) of the health care provider(s) medical malpractice on you and/or your loved ones?
• Are you and/or your loved one unable to work because of the health care provider(s) medical malpractice.
• Do you need further care or treatment?
• What health problems did you have before and how were these problems treated?

MATERIALS YOU SHOULD GATHER:

• Medical bills and records, if you have them
• Insurance information
• Medicare information
• Medicaid information, if applicable
• List of all health care providers for the past five years
• Death certificate, if applicable

There is a limited amount of money available for which a victim can be compensated for pain and suffering damages, depending on the age of the event or claim. These damages are called “non-economic damages.” Depending on the date of the incident and/or the date of filing the lawsuit, Florida has several different legislative and constitutional amendments and changes in recent history, with more proposed and soon to be determined. Your Florida Medical Malpractice Lawyer will need to determine which limits apply to your claim.

At present, there are no limits on what Florida Medical Malpractice Lawyers call “economic damages” such as medical bills and lost wages, past, present and future. However, legislation has been signed with regard to the division of payment responsibilities between responsible negligent parties, in the event that more than one party is responsible for your injuries.

Additionally, damages against a sovereign entity of the State of Florida are capped by the Florida Legislature. Many of the hospitals in the State of Florida are sovereign entities, as well as the physicians they employ by contract. This cap on damages would also apply to some ambulance and rescue services utilized by cities and counties.

THE LIMITATION ON ATTORNEY’S FEES:

At the present time, the Florida Bar has proposed that a form be generated discussing this sensitive and controversial matter post a change to the Florida Constitution, commonly referenced as “Amendment Three.”

Additionally, attorney’s fees for a cause of action pursued against a sovereign entity of the State of Florida are capped at 25%.