MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

Our Tallahassee medical malpractice attorneys have over 100 years of combined legal experience handling serious personal injury and wrongful death cases in Florida and Georgia.

Not every bad medical result constitutes medical malpractice. Under Florida's Medical Malpractice Act, each health care provider is held to the "prevailing professional standard of care" for that category of health care provider. The prevailing professional standard of care for a particular health care provider is that level of care, skill, and treatment that, in light of all of the surrounding circumstances, is recognized as acceptable and appropriate by similar health care providers. For example, a general physician will not ordinarily be held to the same standard of professional care as a specialist, such as a neurosurgeon.

Both Florida and Georgia laws require extensive investigation before a lawsuit alleging medical malpractice may be filed in court. Additionally, the law in Florida requires that you must provide notice of your intent to file a lawsuit to any medical facility or medical personnel that you contend provided negligent care. If you file a medical malpractice lawsuit without providing the required pre-suit notice, your lawsuit will be dismissed.

On November 4, 2004, Florida voters approved Amendment 7, the "Patients' Right-to-Know About Adverse Medical Incidents" law, amending Florida's Constitution with one of the most sweeping changes in law ever adopted by Florida voters. Despite the new provisions granting citizens access to records relating to Adverse Medical Incidents, some of the medical community has resisted full access to information regarding Adverse Medical Incidents. If you encounter difficulty in obtaining information from your health care provider about an Adverse Medical Incident, contact the medical malpractice attorneys at Brooks, LeBoeuf, Bennett, Foster & Gwartney, P.A., to discuss what steps can be taken to enforce your rights under Florida's Constitution.

If you believe that you may have been the victim of medical malpractice, it is essential that you contact an attorney knowledgeable in the area of malpractice law as soon as possible, so that he or she can conduct an investigation of your particular case before the time for bringing a claim expires, which may be as early as two years after the malpractice has occurred.

If you believe you or a loved one has suffered a personal injury, illness, or wrongful death because of the negligence, recklessness, or carelessness of a medical professional, please contact the medical malpractice attorneys at Brooks, LeBoeuf, Bennett, Foster & Gwartney, P.A. right away for an initial consultation. Our medical malpractice attorneys accept serious injury and wrongful death cases in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Texas.