Tallahassee Medical Malpractice Attorneys
Florida is renowned for having some of the best healthcare facilities on earth - particularly facilities to care for elderly patients. However, medical malpractice at even the best hospitals in the state is an enormous problem - much bigger than most people realize. In fact, HealthGrades Incorporated (an independent survey) found that there were over 1.2 million medical errors in the U.S. over a three-year period from 2002 to 2004. Other surveys suggest that doctors and nurses do not wash their hands nearly as much as they should (a failure rate of 50% or more in some hospitals!). In short, if you or a loved one got hurt or suffered excessive side effects as a result of seeking medical care, you can demand compensation and justice.
That said, the road to compensation may be difficult and technical. It almost certainly behooves you to leverage the power of an experienced Tallahassee medical malpractice attorney to get the job done.
Common Tallahassee Medical Malpractice Cases
1. Pharmacy Errors
An example: a pharmacist accidentally switches your medication with someone else's (due to a typo, e.g.); as a result of taking this wrong medication, you suffer a terrible allergic reaction and wind up in the hospital for two weeks. Another example: a doctor fails to check your chart for "contraindications" - i.e. medicines you shouldn't take because you are taking other medicines - and gives you a prescription that causes you harm.
2. Misdiagnosis/Failure to Diagnose
Example: A doctor does not order a test that she should; as a result, she fails to diagnose a serious illness, and the treatment becomes much more expensive and painful. Another example: an internist gets your diagnosis wrong (when he should have known better) and puts you on a course of treatment that not only doesn't help you but also makes you sicker.
3. Surgical Injury
A surgeon operates on the wrong part of your body, leaves equipment inside the wound, uses the wrong equipment, does not close the incision correctly, does not administer anesthetic according to protocol, or behaves in a reckless or careless fashion that results in substantial injury.
4. Hospital Negligence and Uncleanliness
As discussed in the first paragraph, many doctors and nurses fail to take even basic sanitary precautions (such as washing hands). If you got sick in the hospital due to unsanitary conditions or lack of hand washing on the part of your providers, and you can show that this carelessness or negligence resulted in harm to you, you can collect compensation.
Tallahassee Medical Malpractice Compensation Challenges
Last decade, the Florida legislature passed a law capping the damages that malpractice plaintiffs could claim. This law made it harder for claimants to get justice, and as a result many personal injury attorneys now hesitate before taking on these kinds of cases. Fortunately, the Tallahassee Florida medical malpractice attorneys at Farah & Farah (in nearby Jacksonville) has the resources, know-how, and experience to get justice in medical malpractices cases. Dial 800-533-3555 (toll free) to discuss your case in confidence with a veteran attorney, or email a representative through www.farahandfarah.com.
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Our personal promise: Accident victims have specific rights, but by law you have a limited time to take action. When you use our team at Farah & Farah, there are NO up-front charges.
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