Florida Medical Malpractice Attorney
There are many different sources for medical malpractice. According to a Johns Hopkins Medicine study, medical errors or mistakes accounted for more than 250,000 patient deaths each year and many more nonfatal injuries. You have a right when your healthcare provider fails to provide quality care to hold them liable for injuries caused by medical negligence.
The Law Office of Robert E. Schack is here to assist you if you or your loved one have suffered because of the irresponsible and misleading behavior of Hospitals or Medical Staff.
If you have received negligent medical care at any of the following facilities, contact the Law Office of Robert E. Schack for a free consultation.
We Are Here To Help You
At the Law Office of Robert E. Schack, we can discuss the specifics of your case with you and can help you to determine who you may be able to sue to seek compensation. We regularly assist clients with a wide variety of medical malpractice claims, including but not limited to:
Hospital Errors
Misdiagnosis
Surgical Errors
Brain Injury
Paralysis
Birth Injuries
Failure to diagnose sepsis after surgery
Decubitus Ulcers
A Miami area healthcare provider’s negligence or error may provide a foundation for a patient to obtain compensation for their sufferings. Please note that not all patient injuries constitute malpractice. It must be understood that medical malpractice or medical negligence occurs when a healthcare provider fails to live up to the recognized standard of care. Under Florida Statutes Section 766.102, the law states: “The prevailing professional standard of care for a given health care provider shall be that level of care, skill, and treatment which, in light of all relevant surrounding circumstances, is recognized as acceptable and appropriate by reasonably prudent similar health care providers.”
Successful Miami Medical Malpractice Cases
The standard of care is measured in relation to other similar healthcare providers in the Miami area. Generally, a successful medical malpractice plaintiff will need to prove the following in order to recover:
Healthcare provider owed the plaintiff a duty of care (which typically exists whenever a provider-patient relationship is established).
Healthcare provider breached that duty of care (by deviating from the prevailing professional standard of care).
Healthcare provider’s breach of the duty of care caused the plaintiff’s injuries.
Injured Victims Deserve Full Compensation
According to the NPDB (National Practitioner Data Bank), medical malpractice payouts for Florida in 2016 totaled 35 million dollars.
Victims of medical malpractice may be eligible to receive compensatory damages compensation, which includes both economic and non-economic damages. Examples of such damages are as follows:
Hospital bills
Surgeries
Rehabilitative therapy
Lost current and future wages
Pain and suffering
Disfigurement
Mental anguish
Loss of enjoyment of life
Florida No Cap Damages Ruling
Florida perviously had a “cap” on non-economic damages, or those for which there is not an objective cost (such as pain and suffering or mental anguish). However, in the case of North Broward Hospital District v. Kalitan, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that such caps, or limits, on non-economic damages are unconstitutional. Therefore, medical malpractice plaintiffs are no longer limited in the amount they can recover for both economic and non-economic damages.
In certain cases where the healthcare provider’s conduct was especially egregious, a plaintiff also may be entitled to punitive damages. Punitive damages are not intended to compensate a victim for losses, but rather to punish the defendant and to deter similar conduct in the future. Florida Statutes Section 768.73 does place a “cap” on punitive damages. You should be sure to discuss recovery possibilities with your Miami medical malpractice lawyer.
Florida Medical Malpractice Attorney
The Law Offices of Robert E. Schack is here to assist you if you have suffered as a result of medical malpractice due to medical error or mistakes.
Meet Attorney Robert E. Schack
Attorney Robert E. Schack focuses his practice exclusively in plaintiff's product liability, personal injury, wrongful death, brain injury, with concentration and expertise in medical malpractice and product liability cases throughout the State of Florida. With a legal career spanning nearly 35 years. Mr. Schack has successfully handled hundreds of personal injury cases and medical malpractice cases in trial, arbitration, mediation and settlements. He began his legal career in Florida in 1975 and opened his own practice in 1980.
Education:
University Attended: University of Florida, B.S., 1972
College Degree: University of Florida, B.A. 1972
Law School Attended: University of Florida, J.D., 1975
Admitted to the Florida Bar: 1975
Federal District Court: 1977
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