Miami Pediatric Medical Injury Attorney

A Miami pediatric medical injury lawyer with Freidin Brown, P.A. can seek justice if a medical error harmed your child. For over 45 years, our Miami medical malpractice attorneys have fought for victims across Florida. We know how a severe injury can affect your child’s future, and we are here to protect your family.

Our legal team will seek the maximum compensation possible so you do not lack money for medical care or other resources. Let us hold negligent healthcare providers accountable while you focus on helping your child heal. Contact us online or call today for a free and confidential case evaluation.

Freidin Brown, P.A. Has the Medical Malpractice Experience You Need

Freidin Brown, P.A. has extensive experience with medical malpractice. These claims can be complex, but our legal team has the skill, knowledge, and tenacity to take on the toughest cases.

Our founding partner, Philip Freidin, has fought for the injured for over 50 years, and his team has over 100 years of combined legal experience. Attorney Freidin has conducted over 200 jury and 100 non-jury trials and oversees every case our firm takes. Our Miami pediatric medical injury lawyers are more than qualified to handle your claim, and we have the medical malpractice experience many general personal injury firms lack.

When you work with us, we shoulder your legal burden so you can focus on caring for your child. Our compassionate attorneys and staff will provide you with:

Personalized Service

Our firm is small, but we see our size as an advantage. At some big billboard law firms, attorneys take on 200-plus cases and must use automation to keep track of clients and their needs. Not at Freidin Brown, P.A.

We carefully select who we hire and who we represent so we can provide individualized and attentive service. We know you and the details of your case and genuinely care about getting the outcome you deserve.

Extensive Resources

We do not back down from going to trial if that is what it takes to get full and fair compensation for your child’s pediatric medical injury. We employ the latest courtroom technologies and have Board Certified civil trial attorneys on our team.

In addition, our four decades in practice have given us a network of experts we can call on to support your claim and establish negligence and your financial damages, including doctors, nurses, economists, and life care planners.

Representation You Can Trust

We have helped thousands of victims and their families secure justice for personal injuries and medical malpractice harm. We also assist other law firms across the state in fighting against legislation that will hurt those injured by medical malpractice.

Our Miami Pediatric Medical Injury Lawyers Will Seek Maximum Compensation

We know that a severe pediatric medical injury can put your child’s health and future and your family’s financial stability at stake. If the injury resulted from a medical error, you deserve financial resources to pay for medical treatment and other damages that arise.

Our pediatric medical injury attorneys in Miami can fight for full and fair compensation, which may include the following:

• Current medical bills
• Future medical expenses, including specialized therapies, long-term nursing, attendant care, and educational services
• Lost income from work missed to care for your child
• Lost earning capacity if you or your partner must leave the workforce to become a full-time caregiver
• Pain and suffering damages on behalf of your child, yourself, and your partner
• Wrongful death damages for fatal injuries

We Get Results for Our Young Medical Injury Clients

Our law firm has recovered over $500 million in settlements and judgments. Our pediatric medical injury case results include:

• A $38 million judgment for twin boys tragically left blind by retinopathy of prematurity. Doctors failed to properly screen and diagnose the prematurely born infants, which would have saved their sight.
• A $12.7 million judgment for a five-year-old child who sustained a brain injury caused by negligent medical care.
• A $2 million judgment for the family of a 12-year-old who sadly died due to emergency room negligence. Hospital staff mistook the child’s symptoms as drug-induced and failed to diagnose and treat a brain hemorrhage.
• A $1.875 million settlement for the wrongful death of a child caused by the negligent insertion of a feeding tube.

We have won cases against Baptist Hospital of Miami, Inc., Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus in Miami, and other hospitals and medical facilities in Miami-Dade County and the surrounding area. No matter how large, wealthy, or powerful the defendant is, we are prepared to take your case.

To learn more about how we can fight for you, contact Freidin Brown, P.A. online or call for a free case evaluation.

Common Pediatric Medical Injuries We See in Miami Victims

Treating children can vastly differ from treating adult patients, which is why pediatrics is a specialty. Children may be more susceptible to certain types of accidents, injuries, illnesses, and infections due to their age and other risk factors. When doctors do not properly treat pediatric patients, the consequences can be long-term and life-altering.

Our Miami pediatric medical injury lawyers can help with all types of child medical malpractice claims, including those involving:

• Medication mistakes
• Anesthesia errors
• Surgical errors
• Misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose
• Birth injuries
• Cerebral palsy 
• Erb’s palsy
• Cancer malpractice
• Cardiology malpractice
• Doctor negligence 
• Hospital negligence

Even the most respected facilities and providers can harm pediatric patients. Some possible hospitals where your child may have suffered medical malpractice include:

• Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
• University of Miami facilities
• Baptist Health’s Baptist Children’s Hospital
• HCA Florida Mercy Hospital

Please talk to our Miami hospital negligence lawyers to discuss potential pediatric medical injuries from hospitals and providers in Miami and Miami-Dade County.

How We Prove Medical Malpractice Caused a Child’s Injury in Miami

Proving medical negligence can be challenging because it requires obtaining medical and scientific evidence and research and applying it under Florida’s ever-changing medical malpractice laws. That is why you cannot leave this type of claim in the hands of just any law firm.

Our child injury attorneys can gather medical records, eyewitness statements, and expert testimony and build a solid case demonstrating the following elements of medical negligence:

1. Professional duty of care. Doctors are legally obligated to treat patients according to accepted medical standards. We will prove that a doctor/patient relationship existed between the liable party and your child, and they had a duty to provide care.
2. Breach of duty. Medical providers breach the duty of care when they treat patients in a way most other physicians in that practice area would not deem reasonable or necessary. A breach can also be a failure to treat.
3. Causation. Causation demonstrates that the liable party’s actions were the direct cause of your child’s pediatric medical injury.
4. Damages. Damages prove that your family suffered economic and noneconomic losses due to a medical error.

Who Is Liable for Your Child’s Pediatric Medical Injury?

Liability for a medical malpractice injury may rest with a hospital, clinic, childbirth center, laboratory, pharmacy, or with a variety of healthcare providers, including:

• Doctors
• Nurses
• Surgeons
• Dentists
• Chiropractors
• Physical therapists
• Pharmacists
• Lab technicians
• Midwives

Our Miami pediatric medical injury attorneys can identify all those at fault for your child’s injury and pursue multiple claims against multiple parties when necessary.

Frequently Asked Questions About Pediatric Medical Injuries

We want to empower malpractice victims with information. While we can go in-depth on these and other questions you may have when you work with our firm, here are some common concerns parents have:

What Should I Do If I Think My Child Has a Pediatric Medical Injury?

If you believe your child suffered a pediatric medical injury, you should get medical treatment immediately from a provider not connected to the negligent care that harmed them. Make sure you save medical records, medical bills, and anything else that may be used as evidence in a medical malpractice claim.

Next, consider contacting our team to learn about your legal options. Allowing us to get involved early gives us a jump-start on case-building and sends the message to the insurance companies and at-fault parties that you mean business.

How Long Do I Have to Pursue a Pediatric Medical Malpractice Claim?

Before we go to trial, we will aggressively pursue an advantageous settlement. If we cannot secure full and fair compensation via negotiations, we must act within the statute of limitations outlined by Florida Statutes § 95.11. This deadline can be complex, and it’s best to have our team review your case to determine how long you have to act.

Before filing your lawsuit, we must serve the defendant with a notice of intent to sue. This notice triggers a 90-day presuit settlement process that must occur before going to court. The sooner we can get started, the better.

Will My Child’s Medical Injury Case Go to Trial?

Whether or not we go to trial will depend on various factors, including the strength of the case and whether the insurance company offers fair compensation. Most cases settle outside of court, but our trial-tested attorneys will not hesitate to go to court if it’s in your family’s best interest to do so.

Connect With Our Miami Pediatric Medical Injury Attorneys Today for Help

Contact Freidin Brown, P.A. for a free and confidential case evaluation and learn more about how our Miami pediatric medical injury lawyers can advocate for you and your child. Submit your case for a free evaluation or call us 24/7 to speak with someone directly.