Recent Blog Posts
Florida Medical Malpractice Laws
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 »
The Issue of Holding Schools Liable for Injuries to Students
In the aftermath of the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, our firm has received inquiries into the obligations and duties of schools and educators to safeguard children, and whether schools even have a duty to students. The answer is yes: Florida law imposes a duty on schools to… Read More »
Freidin Brown, P.A. Lawyers Secure $730,000 Settlement
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 »
Why Filing a Post-Irma Lawsuit Against The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills Requires a Specific Type of Lawyer
In the wake of Hurricane Irma, perhaps the most tragic news is coming from The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, a 152-bed nursing home facility serving patients from Florida-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties. As has been widely reported, as many as 9 patients have now passed away as a result of high temperatures… Read More »
Holding Doctors and Hospitals Accountable for Patient Suicides
Tragically, each year 44,193 Americans commit suicide (https://afsp.org/about-suicide/suicide-statistics/), often times leaving family members asking themselves why or how this could have happened. In most scenarios, no legal action will be taken after this period of self-reflection and personal investigation. However, in limited scenarios, family members of a suicide victim may be able to bring… Read More »
What Factors Lead to a Successful Medical Malpractice Claim?
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 »
Lyme Disease: Misdiagnosis, Prevention & Prevalence
Summer is here! With hot and humid temperatures in the forecast, now is a good time to spread awareness of Lyme Disease. An often misdiagnosed disease, Lyme disease is estimated to infect approximately 329,000 people every year in the United States – more than ten times the number of cases actually reported to the… Read More »
What’s the Impact of an Incorrect Alzheimer’s Diagnosis?
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 »
What Is the Most Common Birth Injury?
We’ve talked here before about the various types of birth injuries, and in some cases long-lasting disabilities, that can occur to a baby as he or she is being born. Of all of the injuries that can occur during childbirth, however, the most common involve clavicle (collarbone) fractures. These can happen for a number… Read More »
Florida Birth Injuries Sometimes Caused by Medical Errors
The birth of a baby is typically a joyful event for those who have waited approximately nine months for a child’s entrance into the world. Any woman, in Florida or elsewhere, who entrusts herself to the care of professional medical staff for the purpose of assisting in the labor and delivery of her child… Read More »
How Ego and Fear Negatively Impact Patient Safety
In every profession, there is a hierarchy and certain unwritten rules of conduct and which are widely practiced and followed. In many cases, the more education, skills and experience necessary; the more likely those in positions of power are to abuse their power. When it comes to the health care industry, such abuses of… Read More »
Deal Reached In Coconut Grove Trolley Garage Dispute
Coral Gables will have to look for a new home for its trolley garage after the City Commission approved a settlement Monday to remove it from neighboring Coconut Grove. The dispute over the new trolley garage in the West Grove started when residents of the predominantly black neighborhood protested the construction of the garage… Read More »
Baby suffers ‘internal decapitation’ during birth
Most people aren’t familiar with the term “internal decapitation.” However that is what reportedly happened to a baby during her birth. Allegedly, when the doctor used forceps to deliver the little girl during an emergency C-section, he severed her spinal cord and also crushed her skull. She is brain dead, unable to breathe without… Read More »
Firm News: Philip Freidin & Joel Brown Featured In Daily Business Review
After 28 years apart, Philip Freidin and Joel Brown, of Freidin Brown, P.A., reunited to win a $1.44 verdict on behalf of a man injured in a trucking accident. Freidin and Brown are childhood friends, who last worked a case together in 1985 when they were co-counsel for the parents of Mercedes Soto, a… Read More »
Freidin Brown Firm News: Coconut Grove Trolley Garage
Contact: Lisa Hall, 850.508.7782, lisa@hallmediastrategies.com West Grove residents consider next steps in fight over industrial trolley garage MIAMI – The team of lawyers representing West Grove residents in a battle with the City of Florida are considering the best path for appeal after a circuit judge’s determination on Aug. 16 that he does not… Read More »