Pitocin is so commonly used in labor and delivery situations that many parents do not question the necessity or the risks. However, while Pitocin can help avoid some problems during labor and delivery, it can create other problems, often with serious detrimental effects to the baby. These effects are considered […]
Category: Medical Malpractice
Medication errors cause significant injuries every day in Florida. Sometimes, the mistakes are made by patients. But a frighteningly large percentage of the time, the errors result from negligence by doctors, nurses, hospitals, drug manufacturers, and pharmacies that dispense medication. Mistakes occur for a wide variety of reasons. When a […]
In Florida, medical malpractice claims are subject to strict deadlines. There are also steps that patients and families are legally required to take before they can assert their legal rights. As a result, it is important to take action promptly, and hiring an experienced Florida medical malpractice attorney is the […]
Strokes are among the most commonly misdiagnosed medical conditions in the United States. Even when properly diagnosed, stroke patients face a variety of other risks related to medical oversights and other mistakes as well. Unfortunately, these mistakes are far more common than they should be, and many patients and families […]
Even before the COVID pandemic, the number of doctor visits conducted online rather than in person was growing rapidly. During the pandemic, patients became more comfortable seeing providers online. Telehealth visits can be very cost-effective for healthcare companies, so the practice has remained popular. With the added convenience, it might […]
When you go to the emergency room, you expect to get the care you need. You expect hospital staff to triage your medical needs appropriately, and you expect your doctors and nurses to do what they can to help you recover as fully and quickly as possible. Unfortunately, this doesn’t […]
Diagnostic errors are alarmingly common—and they can be extremely dangerous. According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, “[w]hile estimates vary, likely more than 100,000 Americans die or are permanently disabled each year due to medical diagnoses that initially miss conditions or are wrong or delayed.” When diagnostic errors have serious or fatal […]
When you’ve been hurt in a motor vehicle accident or other incident caused by someone else’s irresponsible actions, you often have the option to file a personal injury lawsuit to require the person who caused your injuries to compensate you for the harm they’ve caused. Most of these lawsuits are […]
When doctors prescribe medication for us, we expect it to help in some way. We might hope that it will cure a condition or help minimize problems like pain. At the very least, we would expect it to keep things from getting worse. But sometimes it actually causes things to […]
The risk of suffering unnecessary complications due to medical malpractice is a concern for patients and families across Florida. While all healthcare providers have a duty to ensure that they provide a professional standard of care, providers fall well below this standard far too often. This leaves patients and families […]
