Clearwater Florida Medical Negligence Legal Articles
These legal articles have important information about medical malpractice claims in Florida. Our online legal library of articles is updated frequently by our team of local experts on behalf of Jim Dodson, an experienced medical malpractice attorney.
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Obtaining Hospital Medical Records After a Death of Someone Since all patients’ medical records are protected by HIPAA, a formal request must be made for release of the records before being disclosed to a third party. -
Medical Mistakes Leading to Patient Deaths in Hospitals Four main causes of negligent or mistake-related death in hospital settings are: medication errors, anesthesia errors, delay in diagnosis and 4) nursing errors. -
Erb’s Palsy and Shoulder Dystocia Lawyer Flroida Thousands of parents each year discover that their child has suffered an injury during birth. One many parents are all too familiar with is Erb's Palsy -
Types and Symptoms of Cerebral Palsy Cerebral palsy occurs when a baby suffers hypoxia during delivery. Causes of birth injury vary and may be the result of negligence and/or medical malpractice. -
Nursing Mistakes in a Hospital Setting Every year in Florida patients in a hospital setting are hurt through nursing mistakes. Nursing malpractice can happen to you in a hospital’s many departments. -
Cerebral Palsy Lawyer Florida Find out how to obtain compensation for cerebral palsy from your child’s birth injury. These types of medical malpractice cases require an experienced lawyer. -
Failure to Timely Diagnose and Treat Gallbladder Disease Failure to diagnose and treat gallbladder disease can have serious and even deadly consequences. -
Surgical Error in Florida Resulting in Internal Bleeding Complications after surgery can include internal bleeding that may go undetected during a patient’s critical postoperative time period. -
Nerve Damage Caused By a Surgical Error in Florida If a Florida surgeon damages a nerve by putting too much pressure on, stretching, or cutting a nerve the patient can file a medical malpractice claim. -
Disfiguring Scars Due to Surgical Error in Florida Serious scarring after surgery can produce prolonged recovery, numbness, nerve damage, disfigurement, Bell’s palsy, emotional trauma and psychological distress.