Plantation Medical Malpractice Lawyers | Plantation, FL Medical Negligence Attorney

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Reputable Medical Malpractice Lawyers Preserve the Rights of Wronged Patients in Broward County
Medical Malpractice Cases in Plantation are Subject to Strict Requirements
Experienced Lawyers Hold Doctors and Medical Professionals Accountable for Medical Malpractice in Plantation, FL
Establishing a Medical Malpractice Case in Florida
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Frequently Asked Questions About Medical Malpractice Cases in Plantation, Florida

Reputable Medical Malpractice Lawyers Preserve the Rights of Wronged Patients in Broward County

Medical malpractice is one of the top three causes of death in the United States. While some cases are relatively straightforward, in many cases, you might not even know that you were the victim of medical malpractice for some time. After all, many people who consult a doctor for help are already experiencing symptoms of an underlying medical issue. Not all bad medical outcomes are the result of malpractice—in some cases, even doctors providing the most skilled and diligent levels of care will experience bad outcomes, as is the nature of life. However, when a physician, nurse or other medical professional is negligent in performing his or her duties, the results can be devastating—which is why medical professionals must comply with strict standards of care developed by the medical community itself. Medical malpractice cases in Plantation are almost always complicated because knowledge of these relevant medical standards is necessary to succeed in a medical malpractice case, and because the justice system recognizes that not all bad outcomes constitute malpractice. At Lawlor, White & Murphey, our Plantation medical malpractice lawyers have over two decades’ worth of experience advocating on behalf of clients who have been the victim of medical malpractice in South Florida. We understand what it takes to succeed in these cases, and work tirelessly to help our clients recover the compensation they need to recover, hold negligent doctors accountable and move on with their lives.

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Medical Malpractice Cases in Plantation are Subject to Strict Requirements

Medical malpractice cases are different than other types of personal injury lawsuits, so it makes sense that the Florida legislature has prescribed different standards for proceeding in these cases. In other words, you cannot simply go to court and file a lawsuit alleging malpractice. Before any lawsuit is filed in a medical malpractice case, we must first:

Consult with other doctors. Before proceeding, we must consult with another doctor and obtain an affidavit confirming that you were the victim of medical malpractice.
Provide notice. We must then notify all relevant parties that we intend to pursue a lawsuit for medical malpractice, including the affidavit to show the rationale behind a potential suit.
Wait and investigate. At this point, we must wait for the defendants to conduct their own investigation into your claim, where they will likely obtain medical opinions to contradict your claim. We will also continue to collect any relevant evidence in your case, and often consult with additional medical experts.
Defendant’s response. The defendant must respond to your original notice within 90 days. Their response will either deny the allegations or may contain a settlement offer.

Our actions from this point on will depend upon the information contained in the defendant’s response. In some cases, the next step will be to negotiate to obtain a more fair settlement offer and in others, we will begin the litigation process by filing a lawsuit.

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Experienced Lawyers Hold Doctors and Medical Professionals Accountable for Medical Malpractice in Plantation, FL

Winning compensation for our clients who have been victimized by medical malpractice is important, but perhaps equally important is the need to hold negligent medical professionals in Plantation accountable for their actions so they cannot continue to commit malpractice and harm patients without consequences. Medical malpractice can, in reality, be committed by any medical professional, including:

Physicians
Surgeons
Nurses
Pharmacists
Radiologists
Dentists
Emergency room personnel
Chiropractors
Optometrists
Hospitals and clinics

Likewise, the types of medical malpractice that we have encountered here in South Florida are equally far-reaching, and have included cases involving:

Plantation failure to diagnose a condition
Plantation unreasonably delayed cancer diagnosis
Plantation misdiagnosis
Plantation improper interpretation of results
Plantation failure to run necessary tests
Plantation plantation Prescription drug errors
Plantation failure to communicate the risks of a procedure to the patient
Plantation performing unnecessary procedures
Plantation operating on the wrong body part
Plantation birth injuries
Plantation cancer misdiagnosis
Plantation emergency room errors
And more

$2.03M

Settlement / Misdiagnosed Lung Cancer

$1.25M

Verdict / Misdiagnosed Adrenal Cortical Cancer

$5M

ARBITRATION AWARD WITH PRE-TRAIL SETTLEMENT / COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME

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Establishing a Medical Malpractice Case in Florida

Regardless of the type of malpractice claim involved, we will work to establish the necessary elements of a medical malpractice case, which include:

Establishing the medical provider’s duty of care,
Proving that the medical provider failed to adhere to the standards generally created and accepted by the medical community based on the circumstances at hand,
Showing that this failure constituted a breach of the medical provider’s duty of care, which caused you harm, and
Showing that you suffered damages as a result.

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Our initial consultations are always free so that you can tell us what happened in your case and our personal injury lawyers can provide our honest opinion about possible options for recovering compensation and holding negligent medical professionals accountable for their actions. Call our offices today, or fill out this brief online contact form and one of our Plantation medical negligence attorneys will respond promptly.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Medical Malpractice Cases in Plantation, Florida

How long do I have to file a medical malpractice claim in Florida?

What should I do if I think I was harmed by a doctor’s medical malpractice?

First and foremost, you still must seek treatment for your condition or injuries. You obviously should consult a different doctor in a different medical facility if possible, and we can refer you to one of our contacts so that you can get the care you need. Also, contact us as soon as possible so that we can begin working to obtain the evidence that we need to prove the malpractice occurred.

If not all bad outcomes are malpractice, what is the standard of care that my doctor was required to meet?

The relevant standard of care varies depending upon the circumstances. The standard will depend upon the responsible party’s specialty—for example, a heart surgeon would be held to a higher standard of care during a heart surgery than a family practitioner. It will also depend upon the type of illness or injury involved and can vary based upon how tested and established the procedure needed to treat the ailment is. Consulting with other medical experts is often necessary to establish the relevant standard of care to show that medical malpractice occurred in cases where the physician or responsible party’s conduct was not egregious—leaving an instrument in a surgical patient’s body is an example of egregious conduct, while it may be more difficult to establish that failure to diagnose a rare disease was malpractice.