Orlando Medical Malpractice Lawyer Blog

In 2003, the Florida Legislature placed limits on medical malpractice damages. As Orlando medical malpractice lawyers, we have found that these limits hurt three groups of patients more than others. Stay-at-home moms, children and the elderly will receive far less for their injury from medical malpractice.

For these groups the limits on medical malpractice damages mean that many will never be fairly compensated for the harm caused by Orlando Regional Medical Center, Florida Hospital Orlando or other health care facilities. Sadly, the hospital and medical associations convinced law-makers that healthcare providers should be treated differently when they recklessly cause injury or death.

Joined by the medical malpractice insurance industry, the hospitals and medical associations have stripped away many rights of Florida patients. No longer can any patient be treated fairly when it comes to assessing the horrible losses caused by medical malpractice. How did this happen? It happened because few people think about this unfairness until medical malpractice hits home.

We must explain to our clients and to those that seek our help, that when it comes to medical malpractice, the field is not level. The medical associations, the hospitals and the malpractice insurers have stacked the deck against the patient and their family. Without a medical malpractice specialist or a medical doctor-lawyer, people may have little chance for a successful outcome.

As Orlando medical malpractice lawyers, we understand that individuals and families turn to us when a doctor or hospital has betrayed their trust. We have achieved record results in Orlando medical malpractice trials by talking truthfully with our juries. We believe justice can only be obtained by dealing openly and honestly with opposing counsel, the court and the jury. Unfortunately, there are medical malpractice lawyers who fail to understand the importance of following these principles.

Over the past 20 years we have seen lawyers fail to address important and complex issues in medical malpractice cases. Lawyers who choose to ignore or run away from challenging and difficult issues risk disaster for their medical malpractice clients. Jurors want to do what is right. However, it is the patient’s lawyer who must help the jury by providing all of the necessary information.

The doctors and hospitals have teams of lawyers who are paid to try to prevent the jury from hearing or understanding the "whole truth." Indeed, these defense lawyers try to desperately get even meritorious medical malpractice cases thrown out before trial. Defense lawyers focus on creating ambiguity, confusion and complexity in order to win. Truth has little to do with their approach to justice.

Without an experienced medical malpractice lawyer, the patient may never be in a position to receive a fair trial. Seeking Justice in medical malpractice cases requires a legal team that understands the medicine and the law. With a medical doctor and lawyer, a board certified civil trial lawyer and a critical care nurse on staff, we freely educate our clients and other lawyers on this complex area of law.