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Port St. Lucie Failure to Diagnose Cancer Attorney

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The cancer misdiagnosis rate may be twice as high as the overall medical misdiagnosis rate, which is about 20 percent. Most doctors view cancer as a lifestyle or genetic condition. As far as they’re concerned, only smokers get lung cancer and only people with a family history of this disease get any kind of cancer. Furthermore, initial cancer symptoms, like pain and fatigue, are vague.

So, unless the doctor orders a full battery of tests, properly interprets the results, and responds to them appropriately, the patient’s cancer may go undiagnosed. Breakdowns are frequent in these areas. Many doctors don’t want to fuss with insurance companies over payment and therefore don’t order diagnostic tests. Other doctors over-delegate test result interpretation to non-physicians, like nurses. Finally, even when they have clear evidence of cancer, many doctors don’t follow up. Instead, they rely on their instincts.

In contrast, the diligent Port St. Lucie Failure to Diagnose Cancer lawyer at Freidin Brown, P.A. always pays close attention to details. Our meticulous nature is a little more time consuming. However, our clients reap the benefits of this investment, in the form of maximum compensation for their serious injuries.

$38,000,000

Medical Malpractice

Philip Freidin along with co-counsel obtained a $38 million verdict for twin boys with retinopathy of prematurity who were rendered blind due to the defendant doctor's malpractice after they were born prematurely. The lawyers at Freidin Brown, P.A. proved to a Ft. Myers jury that had the doctor properly screened and diagnosed the two infants, their sight would have been saved.

$32,000,000

Deceptive Sweepstakes Mailing

Class v. American Family Publishers (AFP) - Freidin Brown, P.A. was one of the firms representing consumers in this nationwide class action for unfair consumer trade practices which resulted in a negotiated settlement in which AFP paid $32 million settlement to compensate individuals who had been taken advantage of by the deceptive sweepstakes mailings.

$15,500,000

Medical Malpractice

Magloire v. Holmes Regional Medical Center – Attorney Philip Freidin obtained a $15.5 million jury verdict in Brevard County, Florida in a medical malpractice case alleging that the hospital and its doctors allowed an automobile accident victim to become paralyzed when they negligently misread an MRI scan and failed to stop the progression of swelling in the spinal cord. As a result of the alleged negligence, the client was tragically left paralyzed from the waist down.

$12,700,000

Medical Malpractice

M.N. v. Nicklaus Children's Hospital - $12.7 million verdict for a 5-year-old child who sustained brain injury as a result of negligent care.

$9,750,000

Medical Malpractice

Attorney Jonathan Freidin, along with paralegal Natalia Diaz, secured a $9,750,000 settlement on behalf of a mother who sustained an ischemic stroke shortly after a cesarean section at a Miami hospital.

$7,750,000

Birth Injury Medical Malpractice

Our team secured a $7.75 million settlement on behalf of a young child who suffered a devastating brain injury due to a hospital’s negligence at birth.

$5,800,000

Auto Accidents

V. v. Mitsubishi - $5.8 million verdict for a burned hand and mild brain damage received by a young female passenger in an automobile accident.

$5,500,000

Medical Malpractice

Freidin Brown obtained a $5.5 million settlement against a hospital and doctors in New Port Richey, Florida for the negligence of its doctors and nurses.

Duty of Care

Most drivers have about the same level of education, experience, and training as most other drivers. Therefore, in most cases, motorists have a duty of reasonable care. They must follow the rules of the road and avoid accidents if they can.

Doctors are different. They have a lot more education, experience, and training than their patients. So, physicians have a fiduciary duty. They must set aside all other priorities and only do what’s best for their patients, regardless of the cost. Furthermore, they must bring all their skills to bear in every patient encounter, whether that encounter is brain surgery or an annual well checkup.

This higher duty of care makes it easier for a Port St. Lucie failure to diagnose cancer lawyer to establish negligence, or a lack of care. As the old saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility. When doctors fail to live up to their responsibilities, they’re usually negligent, from a legal perspective.

The higher duty also affects the damages in a medical malpractice case. Because so much is expected of them, when doctors fall short, most jurors award additional punitive damages. These damages convince doctors to change the way they approach patient care. Therefore, other families won’t have to go through the same thing as your family endured.

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Breach of Care

Essentially, a medical malpractice breach of care is a doctor’s failure to live up to the fiduciary duty. We mentioned some common misdiagnosis breaches of care above.

The standard of care is very high. But the burden of proof is very low. Generally, victims must only establish a breach of care by a preponderance of the evidence (more likely than not). Therefore, circumstantial evidence is more than enough to prove a breach of care, at least in most cases.

If Doctor A says a patient is cancer free and Doctor B spots a tumor, that’s usually enough to obtain compensation. In addition to the aforementioned punitive damages, this compensation usually includes money for economic losses, such as medical bills, and noneconomic losses, such as pain and suffering.

Reach Out to a Thorough St. Lucie County Lawyer

Injury victims are entitled to substantial compensation. For a free consultation with an experienced Port St. Lucie failure to diagnose cancer lawyer, contact Freidin Brown, P.A. We routinely handle matters throughout the Treasure Coast area.