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What Is the Average Medical Malpractice Settlement in Florida?
Thousands of Florida residents rely on various medical professionals every day to treat their illnesses and injuries and to provide safe and effective preventative care. Unfortunately, medical errors and malpractice continue to be commonly cited causes of serious personal injuries and even deaths…
What Constitutes Medical Malpractice in Florida?
“Medical malpractice” refers to any incident in which a medical professional fails to uphold the standard of care their patient requires, and patient harm results. Doctors, nurses, and all other medical professionals have a duty to do no harm and to only use…
What Is Considered Medical Malpractice?
When an individual suffers serious harm due to the carelessness or negligence of a nurse, doctor, or another medical professional, the best course of action is to contact a reputable medical malpractice lawyer. For a person who doesn’t fully understand medical malpractice, navigating…
Emergency rooms are chaotic, and that can lead to mistakes
If you’re in the emergency room, you need care quickly. The majority of people who find themselves there are in an urgent situation where they need a doctor to take action to prevent serious injuries or even death. Additionally, emergency rooms are responding…
Does misreading test results count as malpractice?
We trust our doctors and other medical professionals to take good care of us when we need them. While it can be hard to imagine, even long-term family doctors can commit malpractice. Medical malpractice is so prevalent that it is the third-leading cause of…
Why do surgical errors happen?
Even minor surgeries can go wrong, with devastating consequences to the victims. Surgical errors are a form of medical malpractice, and in simple terms, they consist of preventable mistakes that arise during surgery. These errors extend beyond the known risks of surgery which…
Why might nurses give patients the wrong medication?
A few years ago, a state-run consumer safety group launched an investigation into 889 medicinal error cases. They ultimately attributed most of them to the health care information technology (HIT) that nurses use to distribute medications to patients. The investigators identified a few reasons…
Failure to diagnose a stroke: Why does it happen?
A stroke can be fatal, but prompt action can often save your life. This is why it’s so important to get the right diagnosis, and why people need to know what signs to look for themselves. For instance, former New England Patriots linebacker…
Social media mistakes in a medical malpractice claim
You’ve been the victim of medical malpractice — and it’s wrecked your life. Worse, the party who caused your injuries isn’t in any hurry to accept responsibility for what happened, and their insurance company is fighting your claim. They’ve even suggested that your…
How a doctor’s mistake can lead to a later stage of cancer
A cancer diagnosis is devastating to receive, even if the doctor assures you that you have a good prognosis and multiple treatment options available to you. Treatment could range from surgery or radiation to chemotherapy or even a bone marrow transplant. There is…
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