Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice is a leading cause of death in the U.S., resulting in more than 98,000 fatalities each year, and countless more avoidable injuries. K.T. Kohn, et al., To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System (National Academy Press, 1999). Unnecessary surgery kills 12,000 people each year, medication errors in hospitals kill 7,000 people annually, and tens of thousands more patients die from other avoidable errors and infections. B. Starfield. Is US Health Really the Best in the World? JAMA, Vol. 284, No. 4 (July 26, 2000). In fact, the rate of injury and death from medical errors is understated because many incidents go unreported. Only 2% of those affected by medical errors ever file claims.
Medical malpractice includes professional negligence by surgeons, doctors, dentists and nurses. It also includes laboratory and testing errors, and pharmacy and prescription drug mistakes. Regardless of the cause, the results can be devastating, permanently impacting the lives of patients, requiring long and expensive recovery, and sometimes necessitating a lifetime of specialized care.
The lawyers and medical investigators at Grossman Roth collectively have decades of experience investigating and proving claims of medical malpractice. Formed in 1988, the firm enjoys a distinguished record of favorable verdicts and multi-million dollar settlements for our clients. These include:
- A $23.5 million jury verdict against the University of Florida on behalf of a woman who suffered a massive stroke when a medical procedure to ease her migraines went wrong.
- A $9.8 million settlement for a husband and wife whose twins failed to received the special attention they needed from Coral Springs Medical Center and doctors from the Omega Gynecology & Obstetrics Center. Numerous signs indicating the need for special attention during labor and delivery were overlooked. As a result of the negligence of these defendants, one of the couple’s twins suffered severe brain damage, rendering the child permanently disabled. The settlement will pay for the lifetime of medical expenses and other needs of our client’s baby.
- A $890,000 jury verdict on behalf of a former Major League Baseball star against an ophthalmologist for negligence in the removal of a cataract and implantation of an artificial lens in our client’s left eye. After surgery, our client’s retina detached, something that would not have occurred had the doctor monitored the situation more closely. Further, we showed the jury that the doctor should not have implanted the controversial multifocal intraocular lens, which is now off the market, since it was known to create night-vision problems. Our client was awarded money for pain, suffering and loss of income as a result of the harm he suffered.
Grossman Roth medical malpractice trial lawyers represent patients in state and federal courts in Florida and around the United States. We have handled cases involving birth injuries, traumatic brain injury, pharmaceutical errors, wrongful birth, failures to diagnose, hospital infections, failures to monitor, surgical errors, and laboratory errors. We have tried or settled thousands of medical malpractice cases. We help our clients and their families better understand both the medical facts and their legal rights. And we help our clients recover for the injuries, pain and suffering, emotional distress, and other hardships caused by medical malpractice.
If you or a loved one have been injured due to medical malpractice, contact the Florida medical malpractice attorneys of Grossman Roth, P.A., today by calling 1-888-296-1681 for a free evaluation of your case. Or, you can fill out the contact form on our website, and someone will contact you.