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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

If you have experienced pain, injury, or the death of a loved one as the result of medical malpractice, you need a law firm to champion your cause.

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“First, do no harm.” This guiding principle for health care has its roots in the Hippocratic Oath, that ancient and abiding standard for medical care every person working in medicine—doctor, nurse, surgeon, anesthesiologist, radiologist, pharmacist—knows by heart. That’s why it’s even more painful when a healthcare professional fails to uphold this most basic of tenets. If you have experienced pain, injury, or the death of a loved one as the result of medical malpractice, you need a law firm to champion your cause.

Experienced Florida Medical Malpractice Attorneys Protecting the Rights of Injured Patients

In moments of pain and suffering, we at the Hannon Legal Group are dedicated to assisting you or your loved one with compassion and sensitivity. We stand at the ready to assist people who have been harmed at the hands of a negligent health care provider. Whether you live in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, or another city in Florida, our legal team has years of experience bringing medical malpractice claims against an individual or an entity, such as a hospital, clinic, physician’s practice, or home healthcare company.

Establishing the Liability of a Negligent Health Care Provider

Simply put, medical malpractice occurs when an injury or death occurs because a medical professional or healthcare provider, through a negligent act or omission, provides care or treatment that falls below the acceptable standard of care. An individual can bring legal action—a medical malpractice lawsuit—against the physicians, surgeons, or hospitals who proffered this substandard medical care, so long as several key elements are present.

First, as the plaintiff—that is, as the the person bringing the legal action against the negligent health care provider—you have to prove that he or she enlisted the defendant—the doctor, nurse, therapist, surgeon, clinic, lab, etc.—to perform medical services.

Next, a plaintiff also must present evidence demonstrating the health care provider’s negligence - the malpractice. Negligence doesn’t refer to the provider’s personality. They may have been cordial or even friendly, but that’s not what’s in question. Negligence means that the medical professional’s treatment did not rise to the appropriate standard of care for the particular medical condition. To demonstrate this, the plaintiff typically engages an expert witness - or “expert” for short -to testify about the accepted standard of care. In fact, it’s usually necessary to work with multiple experts from several different specialties, depending on the details of the particular case. These experts would discuss what a competent medical professional in the same specialty would have done for a patient in a similar situation.

In addition, a plaintiff must establish that the health care professional’s negligence was the direct cause of his or her injury. Again, this usually requires the testimony of an expert. In some situations, it may be necessary to distinguish the harm caused by the malpractice from an ongoing condition that began prior to the injury inflicted at the hands of the provider.

Finally, a plaintiff must be able to demonstrate the types of harm, injury, or damages that he or she suffered as a result of the healthcare provider’s medical negligence or malpractice. According to the law, these damages must be reasonably quantifiable. Examples of harm include anoxic brain injury, amputation, and paralysis. There are many ways in which a medical professional’s negligence can cause injury to you or a loved one, all of which can be life altering and even fatal.

Does your case qualify? Don’t try to answer this question for yourself. As an experienced medical malpractice law firm, the team at Hannon Legal Group can help you understand the strengths of your particular situation.

A Florida Medical Malpractice Attorney Can Help You Pursue Damages

The various types of harm which a negligent doctor or healthcare provider can inflict on a patient are referred to as damages. Medical malpractice damages may range from tangible, financial damages like hospital bills, lost wages, or lost earning capacity, to the pain, loss, and suffering that are just as real though not as tangible. If you or a loved one has been harmed because of the medical negligence of a healthcare provider, you have a right to compensation both for economic and non-economic damages.

Like most other states, Florida requires that a plaintiff bring a claim within a certain amount of time after the malpractice occurs. The substantive and procedural legal rules regarding medical malpractice lawsuits are vast and complex. That’s why it’s critical for you to seek the counsel of a knowledgeable and experienced law firm like Hannon Legal Group to handle your claim in a timely manner.

What Damages Can a Medical Malpractice Victim Be Compensated For?

Damages typically fall into the following six categories:

  • Loss of consortium - Loss of affection, comfort, companionship, and sexual relations, are some of the marital benefits the spouse of a medical malpractice victim can be compensated for. These damages are referred to as loss of consortium. Loss of consortium damages are typically only awarded in cases where permanent or life-changing injuries have been suffered.
  • Loss of earning capacity - Injuries caused by health care providers can alter a person’s ability to perform their job, either temporarily or permanently. When a person is no longer able to earn the same amount as they could prior to the malpractice injury, they may receive compensation for this loss of earning capacity.
  • Lost wages - If you have to miss work in order to recover from a medical malpractice injury, you may be able to collect compensation for lost wages from the party or parties whose negligent actions caused your injuries. 
  • Medical expenses - A medical malpractice victim who has incurred medical expenses including the cost of doctor visits, hospital stays, occupational therapy, physical therapy, prescription drugs, assistive devices or other like expenses can be compensated for them. If the injury caused was severe or even permanent, the victim may also be awarded compensation for medical expenses that may be incurred into the future.
  • Pain and suffering - Pain and suffering are  very real results of medical malpractice. Victims can receive compensation for the pain they’ve experienced. This includes compensation for emotional distress, such as fear, frustration, depression, anxiety and other kinds of mental suffering.

Medical Malpractice Can Take Many Forms

There are many ways in which doctors and physicians can provide substandard medical care. Perhaps that’s why each year, according to the group, Patient Safety America, approximately 440,000 Americans who go into a hospital experience a preventable adverse event that ultimately becomes a factor in their death. Hannon Legal Group is experienced in working within the civil justice system to hold negligent medical professionals accountable for the following kinds of medical malpractice:

  • Anesthesia errors/anesthesia malpractice
  • Blood transfusion errors
  • Failure to diagnose aneurysms
  • Failure to diagnose or a delay in diagnosing cancer
  • Failure to diagnose heart attacks and strokes
  • Failure to diagnose a medical condition or a delay in diagnosing a medical condition
  • Failing to listen to the patient
  • Failing to properly monitor the patient post-operatively
  • Kidney dialysis errors/dialysis malpractice
  • Medication errors/medication malpractice/overdose
  • Nursing negligence/nurse malpractice
  • Obstetrical/OBGYN malpractice/birth injury
  • Orthopedist malpractice
  • Radiologist error/radiologist malpractice
  • Retained medical instrument or device errors/leaving foreign objects in patients
  • Surgical errors/surgeon malpractice

These represent common categories of medical malpractice but the list is by no means comprehensive. If you or a loved one experience a situation where a physician, nurse, surgeon, or other medical professional failed to provide the standard of good medical care and as a result, you were seriously injured, that’s medical malpractice.

Discuss Your Claim with a Miami Florida Malpractice Lawyer

Bringing a lawsuit against a health care provider can be critical in order to provide the necessary support for any patient who suffers further health setbacks as a result of a physician’s negligence in Florida. The medical malpractice and wrongful death attorneys at the Hannon Legal Group will work with you to assess your situation and develop any legal claim that you may have. We serve hurting people throughout the state of Florida, including Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Orlando, Tallahassee, and cities throughout Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties. Contact us online or call us at (305) 358-3109 to schedule a free consultation.