Orlando Medical Malpractice Lawyers

We put our faith in our doctors to help us heal, get better and keep us safe, but sometimes our trust is betrayed. When you have been a victim of medical malpractice, your life can change in a split second. Our Orlando medical malpractice lawyers are very familiar with the types of incidents that would be considered negligent and we want to provide you with justice if you have experienced this. It’s important to us that you get justice because we want to show these careless and negligent people that they cannot get away with what they’ve done and they will be held accountable. Set up a free, initial consultation today to get started.

What is Medical Malpractice?

After suffering harm at the hands of a medical professional, you might be wondering whether or not you can file a medical malpractice case. You’ve likely never had to do this before and aren’t sure what it even means to have a case against a medical practitioner. If you have suffered at the hands of a medical care practitioner and you believe that it was because of something that they did wrong, then you likely have a medical malpractice case. Here are some examples to give you a clearer idea of what constitutes a medical malpractice case.

If you have been prescribed a certain medication— say thyroid medication for a number of years— and you go to your pharmacy to get a refill and, without your knowledge, the pharmacist gives you the wrong pills, you might be able to file a claim. That’s because not only are you not receiving the medication that you need for your thyroid but perhaps you are accidentally taking something that has a host of unwanted side effects. As a result, you now are suffering not only the effects of missing out on your necessary medication, but also from the effects of the medicine that you should not be taking. We would be bringing a case against the pharmacy for this malpractice for pharmaceutical error.

Let’s say that perhaps you showed up to the emergency room complaining about chest pains and having shortness of breath. If they send you home with a diagnosis that says you were having an anxiety attack or something relatively minor but you end up having a heart attack and needing intensive treatment to survive it, then we can file a claim for medical malpractice because of their failure to diagnose. This is particularly common with women because their cardiac symptoms tend to be believed less and don’t align with male heart attack symptoms. 

When we file a claim, it is either because you had a diagnosis that was delayed or missed, had an error during surgery, a pharmaceutical error, a medical product defective issue or a birth injury.

The trauma that you suffer after having been a victim of medical malpractice can devastate your life in the worst of cases. The only way to know for sure whether or not your harm that you’ve suffered is in fact a medical malpractice case is to reach out to our Orlando medical malpractice lawyers right away so we can look at the case details and tell you whether or not you should be pursuing legal action.

We are prepared to take on even the most challenging of cases to provide you with the legal representation that you need most in this very troubling moment of your life. Call and set up your free consultation today.

How Long You Have to File

When you are thinking about bringing a medical malpractice case, we want you to act urgently. It’s important that you reach out to our Orlando medical malpractice lawyers right away because we have to adhere to the Florida statute of limitations. This is a hard and fast one and if you miss the statute of limitations, then you will be barred from receiving compensation.

In Florida, the amount of time you have between the date that you discovered you are a victim of medical malpractice and the date after which you are going to be barred from receiving compensation is four years. Because it is sometimes difficult to realize you have been the victim of medical malpractice, they do give you time to discover your injury. If you are in that type of situation, the date that you discover you are a victim of medical malpractice is the date on which the statute of limitation starts.

The other aspects in which you need to act urgently after you’ve been involved in a medical malpractice case is not only reaching out to our lawyers right away, but also getting the care that you need to recover from the harm and damages you had to suffer. We do understand that it can feel very counterintuitive to return to a doctor when a doctor is the reason you are in the pain that you are in today; however, it’s very important that you do so for your own well-being.

We also strongly advise against giving the insurance company that represents the liable party any sort of statement about what happened. Insurance companies are notoriously greedy and they will use any excuse they can to reduce what they are going to give you. By speaking to them about the incident you are becoming vulnerable to them and their tactics. Do not give them the upper hand. Let us speak to them on your behalf.