Medical Injury Attorney
Medical injuries happen. Whether they happen because a doctor was too tired, distracted, or simply calculated medications inappropriately, a medical injury can cause severe and lasting problems, including death.
Medical malpractice cases are treated somewhat similarly to personal injury cases in Florida. This means they are subject to the same four-year statute of limitations as a car accident or slip and fall accident injury.
Medical malpractice can be difficult to prove, however, for this reason, it’s a good idea to turn to experienced medical injury attorneys, like the team at Accident Group, P.A. We help clients throughout Florida to seek the compensation they deserve for their injuries.
Types of Medical Injuries
Medical injuries come in many forms. Some happen due to honest mistakes, and these may not qualify for malpractice lawsuits.
When a medical injury is caused because of negligence, carelessness, arrogance, or ineptitude, however, the injured party or family has every right to seek recompense.
While there are many ways that medical injuries can occur, some of the most common circumstances include:
- Birth Injuries
- Medication Mistakes
- Misdiagnosis
- Carelessness or Negligence
Birth Injuries
A birth injury can happen to either the baby or the birth mother during the birth process. A doctor may use the forceps badly, for instance, and cause a life-altering spinal injury to the baby. The medical professional may wait too long to clear an infant’s airways, causing brain damage due to lack of oxygen.
In rare cases, a physician might go against the wishes of the mother and use medications that she specifically refused, even though they were not necessary for life-saving measures.
Birth injuries can have devastating, lifelong effects. If a medical provider failed to provide reasonable care, our skilled medical injury attorneys can help you fight for the justice you deserve.
Medication Mistakes
A medication mistake can cause a patient to go into a coma, have seizures, or even die. Medication mistakes may happen just because the doctor is in a hurry, fails to consider other medications that a patient is taking, or simply failed to calculate dosages appropriately.
Medication effects can even cause fatalities. A personal injury malpractice case in Florida recently resulted in an $8 million award to the patient’s family after a patient died because the physician gave him the wrong amount of Oxycodone as a treatment for panic attacks.
When you or a loved one has been injured due to a medication error, turn to the experienced team at Accident Attorney Group, P.A. We’ll help you to pursue justice.
Misdiagnosis
When doctors miss medical problems or diagnose something inaccurately, it can prolong pain and suffering. It can also cause a patient to die prematurely if they don’t get the treatment they truly need.
For example, peritoneal mesothelioma is often misdiagnosed because it has symptoms that resemble other medical problems. Doctors may declare that the patient suffers from Crohn’s disease, irritable bowel syndrome, or even anxiety and depression. They may be told to change their eating habits because they have a gluten intolerance or prescribed medications they don’t need.
While misdiagnosis can be an honest mistake, it may be caused by a failure to seek appropriate testing or take in a patient’s case history.
Carelessness or Negligence
Doctors are human beings, and sometimes, they make mistakes. If a doctor is distracted or rushing to finish what they’re doing, it increases the chances of mistakes.
When a doctor makes careless mistakes, it can have serious consequences for the patients who have been entrusted to their care. When injuries happen because of a doctor’s carelessness, the victim and his family deserve to be compensated for the damages caused.
Economic Damages for Medical Injuries
If a patient has to pay out of their own pocket for treatment for their medical injury, those items fall into the classification of “economic damages.”
Victims of medical injuries often incur extensive extra bills. They may also have to pay for things like:
- Ambulance transportation
- Urgent care visits
- Physician treatment or ongoing care
- Prescriptions
- Scans, X-rays, and blood tests
- Lab technician bills
- Administrative bills
- Insurance deductibles
The patient’s professional life is usually affected, too. Individuals may lose income because they have to take time off from work for recovery or medical appointments. These damages can all be included in a personal injury claim.
Non-Economic Damages for a Medical Injury
In addition to increasing medical bills and time off work, patients who suffer from a medical injury often have to deal with issues that don’t necessarily have an invoice or bill attached to them. These items are referred to as “non-economic” damages.
Some examples include:
- Ongoing physical discomfort
- Loss of companionship
- Increased fear and anxiety
- Depression or mood swings
- Shame from disfigurement or scarring
- Loss of career
Obviously, each medical injury case is unique. A person who was on a career path to becoming a robotics engineer may lose the use of his hands due to a mistake by a doctor. This can cause him to have to change careers.
While these kinds of changes may not have a monetary value attached to them, they can still dramatically impact the life of an individual. Our experienced medical injury attorneys can help you to appropriately value your case, taking into account all of the ways that your injury has impacted your life.
Turn to Accident Attorney Group, P.A.
In Florida, the skilled medical injury attorneys at Accident Attorney Group, P.A., can file a personal injury lawsuit on your behalf to help you collect the compensation you deserve.
We specialize in cases like these, handling all of the burdens of the legal system so that you can focus on recovery. Our medical injury lawyers will collect medical evidence on your behalf and have it reviewed by experts, if necessary. We will review the medications you received, interview all associated medical professionals who worked on your case, and determine whether the hospital may also be liable.
Clients pay no fees unless we win or settle their case. Reach out to the team at Accident Attorney Group, P.A., for a free, no-obligation case evaluation today.
