Whether you were at HCA Florida Westside Hospital for an emergency, routine surgery, or another reason, you expect care, not carelessness. However, your trip to this hospital could have left you worse off, all because of a provider’s negligence. The hospital negligence lawyers at Freidin Brown, P.A. know that you are facing many challenges, and we would like to help you through these difficult times.
The sooner you can reach out to our team, the sooner we can get to work on your case. Our Westside Regional Hospital medical malpractice lawyers have experience going up against South Florida hospitals and their insurance companies, and we know what it takes to win. Call us now to get started with a free case review. Se habla español.
What Are Examples of Hospital Medical Malpractice?
Hospital malpractice can include many scenarios and involve many kinds of medical professionals. Some examples of this negligence that our team can handle include:
- Misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis
- Surgical errors
- Medication errors
- Anesthesia errors
- Hospital-acquired infections
- Failure to obtain informed consent
- Negligent emergency room treatment
HCA Florida Westside Hospital, formerly Westside Regional Hospital, offers many services to people in Plantation, Florida and the surrounding areas. This hospital offers emergency room services, oncology services, imaging, surgeries, and other specialties. If you suspect any of the above situations of hospital malpractice or any other form of hospital malpractice, you may have a case.
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HCA Florida Westside Hospital Has a History of Malpractice Allegations
A Miami Herald article from early 2025 reported on South Florida hospital grades and included HCA Florida Westside Hospital. While the facility received an A in Fall of 2024, that does not mean that the hospital is immune to mistakes, past and future.
In 2012, J.B. was admitted to Westside Regional Hospital for complications related to obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), where X-rays were ordered for her. When the transport techs moved her, however, they caused her spine to sustain a fracture. She died later that year, and it was concluded that the spinal fracture was a contributing cause. A wrongful death lawsuit was filed against Westside Regional Hospital, which resulted in a settlement.
Hospital errors often either cost the lives of patients or irreparably damage them in ways that greatly lower their quality of life. Do not let HCA Florida Westside Hospital’s reputation intimidate you into accepting a low settlement offer. Call Freidin Brown, P.A. now to discuss your case.
Our HCA Florida Westside Hospital Attorneys Fight for Full and Fair Compensation
No one knows better than victims just how devastating medical malpractice can be. The financial losses alone are difficult to face, and the mental and emotional distress suffered by patients and their families is overwhelming. The failure of a provider or a hospital to live up to the standard of care can result in losses such as:
- Medical expenses
- Lost income and lost earning potential
- Pain and suffering
- Loss of consortium
- Out-of-pocket expenses, like traveling and home modification expenses
- Emotional distress
Determining the full extent of your losses is important because we want to make sure you are justly compensated for this medical harm. Our lawyers work with various experts who can help assess your injuries and other damages, ensuring that we seek fair compensation on your behalf.
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FAQs for Our Malpractice Lawyers
What Are the Odds of Winning a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit?
The odds of winning medical malpractice lawsuits depend on many factors. In our firm’s experience, these cases require in-depth knowledge of state laws, medical procedures, and care standards. These cases must also have strong evidence to back up claims. When left in the hands of less experienced firms and lawyers, medical malpractice victims may suffer from low or nonexistent payouts.
If you work with Freidin Brown, P.A., you are working with a firm with over 45 years of experience dealing with such nuanced cases. We have extensive resources, like medical experts and nurses, who help us determine medical standards of care and the extent of harm to victims.
How Much Are Most Medical Malpractice Settlements?
It’s difficult to come up with a settlement average for malpractice and hospital error cases. The extent of your injuries, the value of economic losses, the estimated value of your non-economic losses, and other factors affect your medical malpractice settlement in Florida. Our medical malpractice lawyers can review your case against Westside Hospital and discuss the damages you can seek.
How Hard Is It to Win a Malpractice Lawsuit?
Malpractice claims in Florida are incredibly complex. State laws and nuanced standards of care can make it challenging for the average personal injury firm to take on. Facilities like HCA Florida Westside Hospital, its parent company, and their insurers will fight to deny your claim or deny a fair payout. The time, energy, and resources required to handle these cases are immense.
Many firms claim they do medical malpractice cases, but in reality, they might lack the resources and experience needed to deliver satisfying results. With our history of multi-million-dollar settlements and verdicts, Freidin Brown, P.A. is the right firm to handle negotiations and trials against these corporate entities.
What Are the Four Things That Must Be Proven to Win a Medical Malpractice Suit?
When working on a medical malpractice case, our lawyers must prove four elements of negligence. First, we establish the standard of care expected of the professional or facility based on the circumstances of your case. Essentially expected of the professional or facility based on the circumstances of your case. Essentially, what actions are reasonable for that specific profession in similar situations?
Then, we must show that the professional breached this standard of care. Not only must we show this breach, but we must be able to establish causation. Essentially, are these actions the direct cause of your harm? Finally, our malpractice attorneys must show that you have losses associated with this breach.
Let Our Westside Hospital Medical Malpractice Lawyers Represent You Now
Medical malpractice cases are highly complex and require lawyers who are well-versed in such matters. Given the costs that often come with injuries sustained in malpractice cases, victims typically cannot afford to lose their cases. That’s where our HCA Florida Westside Hospital medical malpractice lawyers come in.
At Freidin Brown, P.A., we have over 100 years of collective experience and have tried over 300 cases before a jury, obtaining hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation on behalf of our clients. We have a contingency fee policy, which means that you will not owe us any legal fees unless we can recover compensation for you. You focus on recovery while we take care of your case. Call us anytime for a free consultation.
