Whether you live in Florida or anywhere else, injuries resulting from medical malpractice are massive and life-changing. When you or a member of your family is sick or injured, you must put your trust and your very livelihood in the hands of medical professionals. The vast majority of medical experiences are positive ones, but a small percentage of people among us have had terrible outcomes, and in situations where something goes wrong, you need to be protected.
Florida Medical Malpractice Explained
Medical malpractice is negligence committed by a professional health care provider whose performance of duties deviates from a standard of practice of those with similar training and experience, resulting in harm to a patient. Medical malpractice cases are based on the concept of negligence. Medical malpractice can happen for any number of reasons ranging from surgical negligence to failure to diagnose. Our personal injury law firm has secured settlements and verdicts on behalf of seriously injured clients for over 45 years. Our skilled trial lawyers present effective and aggressive legal representation for people who have been injured as a result of medical malpractice. For a complete list of the firm’s representative results, go to our Verdicts and Settlements section.
Victims of Florida Medical Malpractice
When you have been the victim of medical malpractice in Florida, you deserve to be compensated for the injuries caused by the negligence of another, including compensatory damages and pain and suffering. In Florida, a person who has been the victim of medical malpractice has two years to file a lawsuit or face the possibility to have his or her claim barred because of the two-year statute of limitation. It is extremely important that you receive the advice of skilled and experienced attorneys to protect your rights.
Leesfield & Partners and Florida Medical Malpractice
Leesfield & Partners’ involvement in medical malpractice lawsuits is enriched by well over 45 years of representing clients who have been the victim of medical negligence. Whether you have been injured in Miami, Key West, South Beach or elsewhere in Florida, our experienced medical malpractice attorneys can help you with your Florida medical malpractice claims. Our law firm has been very successful and has secured multi-million dollar settlements for clients in lawsuits involving severe birth trauma, surgical negligence, failure to timely diagnose, negligent amputations or disfiguring injuries.
If you or a member of your family thinks you have a valid Florida medical malpractice claim, contact Leesfield & Partners as soon as possible. It's easy to do it right here at Leesfield.com. Just input your contact information to the required fields, select "medical malpractice" from the drop down menu, add any additional information that may be useful and click to submit. Alternatively, you can call Leesfield & Partners at 800-836-6400. You can get a free consultation to decide whether you want to benefit from the years of legal knowledge and experience in trial litigation that our skilled attorneys provide.