Medical Malpractice Law Firm in Miami, Florida

“First, do no harm.” This guiding principle for health care has its roots in the Hippocratic Oath, that ancient and abiding standard for medical care every person working in medicine—doctor, nurse, surgeon, anesthesiologist, radiologist, pharmacist—knows by heart. That’s why it’s even more painful when a healthcare professional fails to uphold this most basic of tenets. If you have experienced pain, injury, or the death of a loved one as the result of medical malpractice, you need a law firm to champion your cause.

Experienced Florida Medical Malpractice Attorneys Protecting the Rights of Injured Patients

In moments of pain and suffering, we at the Hannon Legal Group are dedicated to assisting you or your loved one with compassion and sensitivity. We stand at the ready to assist people who have been harmed at the hands of a negligent health care provider. Whether you live in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, or another city in Florida, our legal team has years of experience bringing medical malpractice claims against an individual or an entity, such as a hospital, clinic, physician’s practice, or home healthcare company.

Establishing the Liability of a Negligent Health Care Provider

Simply put, medical malpractice occurs when an injury or death occurs because a medical professional or healthcare provider, through a negligent act or omission, provides care or treatment that falls below the acceptable standard of care. An individual can bring legal action—a medical malpractice lawsuit—against the physicians, surgeons, or hospitals who proffered this substandard medical care, so long as several key elements are present.

First, as the plaintiff—that is, as the the person bringing the legal action against the negligent health care provider—you have to prove that he or she enlisted the defendant—the doctor, nurse, therapist, surgeon, clinic, lab, etc.—to perform medical services.

Next, a plaintiff also must present evidence demonstrating the health care provider’s negligence - the malpractice. Negligence doesn’t refer to the provider’s personality. They may have been cordial or even friendly, but that’s not what’s in question. Negligence means that the medical professional’s treatment did not rise to the appropriate standard of care for the particular medical condition. To demonstrate this, the plaintiff typically engages an expert witness - or “expert” for short -to testify about the accepted standard of care. In fact, it’s usually necessary to work with multiple experts from several different specialties, depending on the details of the particular case. These experts would discuss what a competent medical professional in the same specialty would have done for a patient in a similar situation.

In addition, a plaintiff must establish that the health care professional’s negligence was the direct cause of his or her injury. Again, this usually requires the testimony of an expert. In some situations, it may be necessary to distinguish the harm caused by the malpractice from an ongoing condition that began prior to the injury inflicted at the hands of the provider.

Finally, a plaintiff must be able to demonstrate the types of harm, injury, or damages that he or she suffered as a result of the healthcare provider’s medical negligence or malpractice. According to the law, these damages must be reasonably quantifiable. Examples of harm include anoxic brain injury, amputation, and paralysis. There are many ways in which a medical professional’s negligence can cause injury to you or a loved one, all of which can be life altering and even fatal.

Does your case qualify? Don’t try to answer this question for yourself. As an experienced medical malpractice law firm, the team at Hannon Legal Group can help you understand the strengths of your particular situation.