Florida Medical Malpractice Legal Questions

Possibly, but you really need to get this evaluated by a personal injury lawyer and medical expert ASAP. Med Mal cases have ridiculously short timeframes calles stautes of limitation in which you have to file a law suit. Should you have futher questions, please feel free to contact our office at 1-800-922-6442 for a FREE telephone or in office conference.... Read Answer

ZERO. In order to prosecute such a case you would have to be the personal representative of her estate as appointed by the court and her will. Second, unless lung cancer could be corrected or cured within the few days between misdiagnosis and proper diagnosis, there are no damages that are likely to be recovered. Simply having a misdiagnosis without damages is not enough for a medical malpractice case.If you are appointed PR, then you will need to gather all of her medical records and then retain a local lawyer that handles med mal cases to review the file. This may entail hiring a medical expert for this purpose also as an expense to the estate. If you have further questions, please call our office at 1-800-922-6442 for a FREE consultation.... Read Answer

I suspect this was more than a simple cautionary "honk" and there was more to this confrontation. Your entitlement to be in the program revolves around hwo you got ther and the terms and conditions of it. If its voluntary and at the will of the doctor, you likely have no recourse but to find another program or therapist. If you have further questions, please call our office at 1-800-922-6442 for a FREE consultation.... Read Answer

Doubtful. I am pretty confident that your insurance does not REQUIRE that you only purchase your medication at a single location. I would take your business elsewhere. Just be aware that is voicing your opinion about someone, you are responible for the result, and this may mean people dont want to deal with you. If you have further questions, please call our office at 1-800-922-6442 for a FREE consultation.... Read Answer

Posibbly. BUT you will have to prove the manipulation was the cause, and a value in damages that makes it financially worth pursuing, which may be difficult, unless the injury was immediate and you went to the hospital by ambulance or something like that. Starting point is a written opinion from a doctor establishing the malpractice.... Read Answer

Hopefully nothing happened with your DVT to cause you damage, like stroke,heart problems, etc. Assuming the hospital misdiagnosed your blood clot (DVT), absent some documented damages, not pain (as this could be from clot irrespective of diagnosis) you have to have some significant damages to really warrant a review for malpractice unless you are willing and able to fund the medical review. If you have other questions, please fee free to contact our office at 1-800-922-6442 for a FREE consultation. ... Read Answer

Is it ok to be a patient and for reasons unknown seem to have personal conflict issues with numerous unrelated physicians and not reflect that it might be something the patient is doing? From what you describe, the common denominator appears to be how you are interacting with your healthcare providers, and I presume from the contents of your post, that this involves some level of confrontation and accusation by you that seems to be alienating them. If you expect to get decent healthcare at all, you may need to examine what it is that you are doing in your interaction with these various and unrelated providers that all come to the same conclusion, they don't want to deal with you. If its the manner in whcih you express legitimate concerns, you may need to find a more effective means of communicating such things. If you have other questions, please fee free to contact our office at 1-800-922-6442 for a FREE consultation. ... Read Answer

If a healthcare provider deems you antagonistic or combative, this is likely part of your history, and may well be conveyed. If you can show that it was to keep you from getting care elsewhere, which is likely very difficult to prove absent the new facility putting this is writing, there might some other issue. If you have further questions or concerns, please feel free to call our office at 1-800-922-6442 for a FREE consultation. ... Read Answer

Its possible, but would depend entirely on whether its a bad result or complication vs. medical negligence. Only wayto start sorting this out is to actually retain a lawyer in your area to address this. If you have additional questions, please feel free to contact our office at 1-800-922-6442 for a FREE consultation. ... Read Answer

The issue here is determining what the misdiagnosis of fx C2 vertebra caused as far as additional injury or harm and what could have been done differently given the age and condition of the patient. From a civil perspective, there would need to be more than a termporary abilility to sit up. Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact our office at 1-800-922-6442 for a FREE consultation. ... Read Answer

Not likley. Not enough damages to warrant the expense. Hiring of an expert alone would likely exceed the recovery value. You may want to report the incident to the hospital and the Agency for Health Care Admin. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact our office at 1-800-922-6442, for a FREE consultation. ... Read Answer

You can file admin complaints, but I doubt you will get far with a malpractice suit. Unfortunately the rampant abuse of opiates and other narcotics has led to clamp down on such prescriptions and there is a clear trend in defending doctors against such issues. If you have further questions, please feel free to contact our offices at 1-800-922-6442 for FREE consultation. ... Read Answer