Florida Medical Malpractice

For the past 20 years, Paul & Perkins Law have been litigating cases involving catastrophic personal injury including medical malpractice injuries injuries. This type of complex litigation takes an experienced firm to get the best possible outcome. Often times, medical malpractice cases require the help of physicians and expert witnesses as well as a strong medical malpractice lawyer.

With our firm being centrally located in Orlando, FL, we are able to service clients all over the state. We are dedicated to getting the best possible outcome for your case even if it means taking a case all the way to trial.  

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Anti-Psychotic Drugs Prescribed Too Often in Nursing Homes

In the United States, elderly patients with dementia are too often prescribed anti-psychotic drugs to calm their disruptive behavior, a costly and risky practice that should end, experts said Wednesday

Instead, more care should be taken to determine why dementia patients may be acting up and treat those underlying causes, lawmakers were told at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Aging.

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Staggering Medical Malpractice Numbers

If a 747 jetliner crashed every day, killing all 500 people aboard,
there would be a national uproar over aviation safety and an all-out
mobilization to fix the problem." However, "in the nation's
hospitals...about the same number of people die on average every day
from medical 'adverse events,' many of them preventable errors, such
as infections or incorrect medications. Where's the outrage?

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Medical Malpractice Types

Medical malpractice is defined as professional negligence by a doctor, hospital or medical staff in which treatment provided falls below the accepted standards of practice in the medical community and causes injury or death to the patient. Most cases involve medical errors such as a surgical error or a failure to diagnose a condition such as a heart attack or cancer. Other types of medical malpractice can be related to the hospital’s responsibilities including support staff and medical equipment.

Other types of medical malpractice can be related to birth injuries and the crucial decisions that the delivering physician makes before, during and immediately after an infant is born. Often times these critical decisions can be the difference between a healthy baby and an infant that has serious injuries. The most common types of birth injuries are Erb’s palsy, cerebral palsy, brachial plexus palsy and oxygen deprivation resulting in brain damage.    

Legal Consultation

If you or a loved one has been affected by a medical malpractice injury, feel free to contact us. The consultation is free and there is never an expense to unless there is a recovery made. To explore your legal recourse or speak with a qualifed Florida medical malpractice lawyer, please contact us today at 407-540-0122.