Medical Malpractice

 

Medical malpractice in some form has become the third highest cause of death in the United States accounting for over 225,000 deaths yearly. It has been estimated that approximately 12,000 people die from unnecessary surgery, 7,000 die from medication errors, 20,000 people die from a variety of errors in hospitals, 80,000 people die from infections acquired in hospitals, and an amazing 106,000 deaths occur every year due to adverse effects of medications.  These statistics, however, just scratch the surface as there are many victims who survive only to suffer devastating injuries requiring a lifetime of care due to preventable medical errors and mishaps on the part of hospitals, doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other medical providers.

 

Over our 26 years the attorneys at our firm have represented hundreds of victims of medical malpractice and their families throughout Florida and across the United States. We understand the complexities and challenges of a medical malpractice case and we have the specialized knowledge, experience and resources necessary to investigate and prosecute these cases.

 

We have successfully handled medical malpractice cases involving the following issues and injuries:

 

• Obstetrical malpractice

• Birth trauma and birth injuries

• Surgical mistakes

• Back and neck surgical errors

• Plastic surgery including breast implants and scar reduction

• Radiology and/or x-ray mistakes

• Orthopedic errors

• Psychiatric malpractice and mistakes

• Suicide cases

• Infection cases

• Heart disease

• Failure to diagnose coronary artery disease

• Stroke

• Failure to diagnose brain injury or stroke

• Failure to diagnose compartment syndrome

• Ophthalmology malpractice

• Failure to diagnose diseases and conditions of the eye

• Bowel and intestinal injuries

• Cardiac catheterization

• Angioplasty

• Failure to diagnose breast cancer

• Failure to diagnose prostate cancer

• Failure to diagnose liver cancer

• Nerve injuries

• Urologic injuries

• Sinus surgery

• Nursing mistakes and malpractice

• Hospital mistakes and malpractice

 

Representative Medical Malpractice Cases:

 

• $15 million for parents in birth injury case

• $6,000,000 recovery for disabled child injured in recovery room following scoliosis surgery

• $6,750,000 recovery for young woman injured by medical malpractice

• Apariclo v. Hialeah Hospital, et al.

• Baker v. North Florida Regional Hospital

• Beatty v. Borota

• Britting v. Habal, Abdoni and St. Joseph’s Hospital

• Butts v. Schumpert Medical Center, et al

• Confidential Settlement – $1.5 million

• Confidential Settlement – $2 million

• Confidential Settlement – $2 million

• Confidential Settlement – $2.9 million

• Confidential Settlement – $3 million

• Confidential Settlement – $5 million

• Diaz v. Dr. Valladares, Dr. Yong and Hialeah Hospital, Inc.

• Doe v. Doe

• Former NFL cornerback’s career ended by medical malpractice

• Gorman v. St. Joseph’s Hospital

• Hospital overdoses patient on pain medication causing severe stroke

• Jackson v. Friedman and Cedars of Lebanon Hospital

• James v. Shands Teaching Hospital

• Kirby v. Bayfront Medical Center

• Korman v. Sunrise Community, Inc.

• Martin v. Tallahassee Commmunity Hospital

• McIntyre v. Gilbert

• O’Connor v. Bebout

• O’Connor v. St. Joseph’s Hospital

• Our role in the Terri Schiavo case

• Overlooked tumor leads to man’s preventable death

• Quadriplegic suffers poor nursing care leaving him blind and brain damaged

• Reilly, et al v. Dr. Aaron Schneider and Humana Hospital, et al.

• Reti v. Caggiano

• Schlesinger v. Naples Community Hospital, et al

• Scoliosis patient gets poor care after back surgery and becomes quadriplegic

• Surgeon cut artery by mistake causing severe brain damage

• Terrone v. Schroeder

• Toy v. Variety Children’s Hospital

• Vigliotti v. Lopez

• Wagner v. emergency room doctors

• Webster v. Suncoast Hospital

• Wilson v. Nealy

• Young New Mexican boy becomes quadriplegic following back surgery