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Category Archives: Medical Malpractice

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Signs That You Were Wrongfully Discharged from a Florida Hospital

By Freidin Brown, P.A. |

Given the serious consequences of their actions (or inactions), health care providers in the hospital environment are held to a high standard care in providing services to their patients, from initial diagnosis and treatment to discharging you. They can be held accountable for mistakes at any point along the patient’s journey, including their release… Read More »

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Overview of Medical Malpractice Claims for Wrongful Hospital or Emergency Room Discharge

By Freidin Brown, P.A. |

If a hospital or emergency room discharges a patient without making the appropriate diagnosis or taking certain actions, and that failure leads to a preventable injury or death, then the patient or their family may be able to bring a claim for medical malpractice.  Wrongful discharge from the hospital or ER may not be… Read More »

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Nurse Liability in Malpractice Cases

By Freidin Brown, P.A. |

Can Nurses Be Held Liable for Medical Malpractice? Like physicians, nurses can be held responsible for harming patients. When a nurse harms a patient through improper treatment, disregard for safety or hospital protocol, or other negligent failure, they can be subject to medical malpractice lawsuits. Just like doctors, nurses are tasked with exercising the… Read More »

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Florida Medical Malpractice Laws

By Freidin Brown, P.A. |

Florida has specific laws that define the rights of victims who suffer injuries and damages as a result of medical malpractice, as well as procedural rules regarding how these cases are handled. While victims have the right to seek justice and financial compensation after being harmed by substandard medical care, the process of filing… Read More »

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Freidin Brown, P.A. Lawyers Secure $730,000 Settlement

By Freidin Brown, P.A. |

We are proud to announce that our lawyers have secured a $730,000 settlement with the Public Health Trust (PHT) and Florida-Dade County in a case where the jail’s medical staff failed to provide Pascual Diaz-Plasencia with necessary treatment, resulting in his kidney failure and eventual loss of that kidney. “Mr. Diaz-Plasencia suffered for weeks… Read More »

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What Factors Lead to a Successful Medical Malpractice Claim?

By Freidin Brown, P.A. |

Patients file medical malpractice claims in many cases involving harm or wrongdoing done by a health care professional. These cases might include patients who have been harmed due to poor medical treatment, become ill due to unsanitary or unsafe conditions, or out of a serious or egregious error. To determine how a medical practitioner… Read More »

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What’s the Impact of an Incorrect Alzheimer’s Diagnosis?

By Freidin Brown, P.A. |

A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease can be devastating to the person diagnosed and to the entire family. However, the wrong diagnosis or failure to diagnose any form of dementia can be even worse. It can delay treatment that could help slow the progression of the disease or ease the symptoms. One particular type of… Read More »

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Florida prison medical service providers have troubling history

By Freidin Brown, P.A. |

Florida’s Department of Corrections has hired two companies that have troubling histories of medical malpractice to provide health care services to prisoners throughout the state. These companies won contracts at least in part for their ability to help the state in its goal to bring down the medical costs of caring for its inmates… Read More »

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