A pediatric medical injury can jeopardize your child’s health and future. A Fort Lauderdale pediatric medical injury lawyer with Freidin Brown, P.A. can fight to protect your family. Our law firm has over 45 years of experience representing injured clients across Florida. We can put the full force of our knowledge, skills, and resources behind your case.
When you work with us, you become part of our family. Freidin Brown, P.A. genuinely cares about getting the money you need to help your child heal and will not bow down to large insurance companies, hospitals, or medical facilities. We will aggressively pursue your losses, inside and outside the courtroom. Call us 24/7 for a free, confidential case review.
What Is a Pediatric Medical Injury?
A pediatric injury generally refers to physical harm occurring to children under age 18. A pediatric medical injury is a child’s injury caused by negligent medical treatment. Our Fort Lauderdale medical malpractice attorneys handle all types of injury claims concerning medical errors, including those involving:
- Medication errors. Medicating children can be vastly different from medicating adults. Because children are smaller, drugs can affect them differently, and they require different dosages. Some drugs may not be appropriate for children in any amount. Pediatricians must consider these factors, as well as potential drug allergies or interactions. Failure to do so can result in injuries, illnesses, and adverse drug events (ADE).
- Surgical errors. Children’s bodies are still growing and developing, and operating on them requires special skills. Unqualified or negligent pediatric surgeons can make mistakes, including improperly performing procedures, leaving foreign objects in the body, performing wrong site/wrong patient surgeries, or failing to provide proper post-surgical care, leading to complications, infections, or sepsis.
- Misdiagnosis. Diagnosing children differs from diagnosing adults. Young children may be less able to communicate their symptoms and are susceptible to injuries and illnesses that are less common in adults. When treating children, providers must perform a thorough physical exam, discuss health history with the child’s parents, and order testing when needed. Neglecting to do these things can result in a failure to treat or an improper diagnosis that leads to unnecessary treatments.
- Doctor or nursing error. Doctors, nurses, and other medical providers are negligent when they fail to treat patients according to the accepted standards of their profession.
- Hospital error. Hospital errors can include negligent emergency room treatment, lack of patient supervision, and premature patient discharge.
- Cancer malpractice. Pediatric cancer malpractice includes misdiagnosis, delayed diagnosis, or failure to diagnose. It can also include the mistaken diagnosis of another condition for cancer.
- Birth injuries. Birth injuries are injuries occurring to newborns during labor and delivery, including cerebral palsy and Erb’s palsy.
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Our Fort Lauderdale Child Medical Injury Lawyers Can Fight for Maximum Compensation
Your family should not have to pay for medical care that harmed your child. You deserve compensation for medical bills, ongoing medical treatments, and other losses caused by medical malpractice.
Our pediatric malpractice injury attorney will identify and pursue all of your recoverable damages. In general, financial awards for your child’s Fort Lauderdale case may include:
- Emergency treatment
- Doctor and hospital fees
- Medications
- Medical devices and equipment
- Rehabilitation and therapy
- Long-term nursing and attendant care
- Educational services
- Lifecare expenses
- Loss of your child’s future earning capacity
- Your child’s physical, mental, and emotional pain and suffering
- Your child’s lost quality of life
- Parental pain and suffering
Our Law Firm’s Pediatric Malpractice Case Results
Our case results include multi-million-dollar settlements and judgments for medical malpractice victims, including the following pediatric injury awards:
- $12.7 million judgment: Our attorneys secured this award for a 5-year-old patient who suffered a traumatic brain injury because of negligent care.
- $4.625 million jury verdict: Our law firm won this case for a newborn tragically left blind by retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). We proved a Florida hospital prematurely discharged the baby and their parents without educating them about ROP or scheduling a follow-up ophthalmology appointment.
- $2 million judgment: We recovered this award for the family of a 12-year-old girl whose wrongful death tragically resulted from emergency room negligence. Doctors misdiagnosed a brain hemorrhage and mistook the child’s symptoms as being drug-induced.
Hospitals and medical facilities can be aggressive when defending claims. We are not afraid to stand up to them and fight for you. We have successfully taken on large and powerful medical defendants across Florida. We can help with cases involving various facilities and medical groups in Fort Lauderdale and the surrounding areas, including:
- Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
- Baptist Hospital
- Pediatrix Medical Group
- Pediatric Associates
- Total Pediatric Care
If your child sustained a pediatric injury at a Fort Lauderdale medical facility, contact Freidin Brown, P.A. online or call today. Our attorneys can discuss your legal options during a free case evaluation.
Freidin Brown, P.A. Has the Medical Malpractice Experience You Need
Medical malpractice cases are challenging, and injuries involving children can add another layer of complexity. You cannot trust this type of claim to any general personal injury law firm.
At Freidin Brown, P.A., we have extensive medical injury case experience. We know how to help clients avoid common pitfalls and build strong claims proving medical negligence. Our pediatric medical injury attorneys can:
- Investigate your child injury claim. Proving a pediatric malpractice claim can require dealing with medical institutions and combing through complicated and dense medical and scientific information. We can do the work of case building for you. Our team can gather and review medical records and research, interview eyewitnesses who can make statements about your child’s treatment, and enlist medical experts who can report and testify on how the negligent provider failed to uphold the standard of care.
- Prove medical negligence. We will use the evidence to identify liable parties and prove they acted negligently. We will show that the liable provider breached the professional duty of care owed to your child. We will show how this breach caused your child’s injury and demonstrate that it led to financial damages and pain and suffering.
- Aggressively negotiate on your family’s behalf. We will present your case to the insurance company and opposing parties and aggressively negotiate for the maximum compensation possible.
- Take action in court. We are more than qualified to negotiate a settlement for your case. However, when legal action is necessary, we have two Florida Bar Board-Certified civil trial attorneys on our staff. Our founding partner, Attorney Philip Freidin, has conducted over 300 trials. We will not back down from taking your case before a judge or jury when needed.
Our Clients Matter Most
The client is at the center of everything our law firm does. Our small-firm advantage means our attorneys have the time to give you dedicated, personalized attention. We know you and your case, so we do not use automation. We do employ the latest in courtroom technology and have the skills and resources to find creative legal solutions.
Our client testimonials, like the following, speak to our commitment to service:
- “Our family would like to extend a very gracious thanks to this awesome firm, Freidin Brown PA. They worked exceptionally hard to ensure we received the best possible outcome. Most of all, we were always kept abreast and treated with dignity and respect throughout this tedious experience. Thanks, Freidin and Brown, for outstanding service.” -T.A.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Pediatric Medical Malpractice
Find answers to common FAQs about pediatric medical malpractice:
How Long Do I Have to File a Pediatric Medical Malpractice Lawsuit?
You should file pediatric medical malpractice insurance claims as soon as possible. There are legal deadlines for taking action in court. If they expire, you may not be able to pursue a lawsuit, which will also reduce your insurance bargaining power.
Our Fort Lauderdale pediatric medical injury attorneys can tell you more about deadlines that apply to your case and help you get started before time runs out.
Will My Pediatric Medical Injury Case Go to Trial?
The vast majority of medical malpractice cases settle without going to trial. Generally, the stronger your case, the more likely insurance companies and hospitals are going to offer a fair settlement and avoid going to court.
How Common Are Pediatric Medical Injury Claims?
Pediatric malpractice claims are less common than claims against other medical specialties. However, because injuries can be life-altering for young victims, child medical injury settlements can be high.
For example, according to a 2024 report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), only 3 percent of pediatricians are sued each year. Over the course of their jobs, approximately 20 percent of pediatricians will be sued once for medical malpractice.
While less common than other specialties, pediatric malpractice is still very serious, and we will treat your child’s case with the care and attention it deserves.
Contact Freidin Brown, P.A. to Connect With Our Fort Lauderdale Pediatric Medical Injury Lawyers
Freidin Brown, P.A. fights for medical malpractice victims across Florida. If your child suffered an injury caused by medical negligence, a Fort Lauderdale pediatric medical injury lawyer from our firm is here for you.
Our law firm takes cases on contingency, so you do not pay fees and costs until we obtain compensation. Contact us online or call today for a free and confidential case review.