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Miami negligencia médica abogado.
Florida § 766.106 cases against hospitals, physicians, and health systems across Miami-Dade. Birth injury, surgical error, missed diagnosis, and wrongful death.
Recuperaciones multimillonarias por negligencia médica en Florida. Los resultados anteriores no garantizan un resultado similar en su caso.
Revisado por Percy Martínez, Esq. - FL Bar #981990 - Más de 33 años de práctica en negligencia médica en Florida¿Tengo un caso de negligencia médica? en Miami?
La ley de Florida exige cuatro elementos legales y una declaración jurada de un médico colegiado antes de poder presentar cualquier caso. Los malos resultados por sí solos no son mala praxis. He aquí la lista de comprobación práctica.
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Qué se considera mala praxis según la ley de Florida.
La mala praxis no es lo mismo que un mal resultado. La medicina en Florida conlleva un riesgo inherente; no todos los malos resultados son procesables. La cuestión legal es si la atención fue inferior a la que habría prestado un especialista razonablemente prudente.
¿De cuánto tiempo dispongo? a presentar en Florida?
Florida medical malpractice is governed by two clocks running in parallel; both must be satisfied. Miss either and the case is gone, no matter how strong the medicine.
What kinds of Miami malpractice cases ¿tomas?
We accept catastrophic-injury cases only. Below: the case patterns we see most often in Miami-Dade, with the records we review on each.
Which Miami hospitals ¿tramitan reclamaciones contra?
We handle malpractice claims involving care at every major Miami-Dade hospital. Each system runs a different defense playbook. Some employ physicians directly, some bring them in through outside groups, and that changes who can be held responsible.
Jackson Memorial and the other Jackson hospitals are run by Miami-Dade County. Because they are public hospitals, Florida law caps what you can recover at $200,000 per person and $300,000 per incident under § 768.28, no matter how serious the harm. Going above that cap requires a special bill from the Florida Legislature, and the county must receive formal notice within 3 years. Because the caps are this low, our firm focuses on cases against private hospitals and physician groups, where § 768.28 does not apply. If your care involved both public and private providers, we can still review the private side.
Por qué estos casos son duras.
Florida malpractice cases require sworn expert corroboration before filing. Expert costs run $75K to $250K before trial, and many physicians legally carry no insurance. We say no to most cases that come through the door, and we front every cost on the ones we accept.
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Questions Miami families ask antes de que llamen.
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Haz tu pregunta →01¿Qué es la negligencia médica según la legislación de Florida?
El artículo 766.102 de Florida define la negligencia médica como el incumplimiento por parte de un profesional sanitario de la norma de atención profesional vigente que causa lesiones. La norma es lo que habría hecho un proveedor razonablemente prudente en la misma especialidad. Un mal resultado por sí solo no es mala praxis. Tiene que haber una infracción.
02How long do I have to file a Florida medical malpractice claim in Miami-Dade?
Two years from the date of incident or from when you reasonably should have discovered the harm. The absolute statute of repose is four years. Birth-injury claims involving a child extend to the child’s eighth birthday. Sovereign-immunity claims against Jackson and other county providers require notice within three years under § 768.28(6).
03¿Qué es la declaración jurada §766.203 y por qué es importante?
Section 766.203 requires that, before any malpractice case can be filed, a board-certified physician in the relevant specialty must sign a sworn affidavit stating there are reasonable grounds to believe the standard of care was breached. We obtain the affidavit before we file. Cases dismissed for lack of an affidavit cannot be re-filed if the statute of limitations has expired.
04¿Cuánto cuesta contratarle?
Nada por adelantado. Trabajamos en contingencia: sin honorarios a menos que recuperemos para usted. Nuestros honorarios son un porcentaje de cualquier recuperación, limitado por la Regla 4-1.5(f)(4)(B) del Colegio de Abogados de Florida, que establece el porcentaje máximo por etapa del caso. Su tarifa exacta se fija por escrito antes de comenzar. Los costes del caso (testigos expertos, deposiciones, planificadores de cuidados vitales, gráficos del juicio, normalmente de $75.000 a $250.000 en un caso complejo) son adelantados por el bufete y reembolsados sólo con la recuperación. Si no recuperamos, no nos debe nada.
05What are Florida’s damages caps?
Caps may apply only in voluntary arbitration ($250,000 per claimant under § 766.207, and only if the defendant agrees to arbitrate). No general non-economic cap is currently enforceable in Florida medical malpractice. Economic damages (lifetime medical, lost wages, future care) are uncapped.
06¿Qué ocurre durante el plazo de 90 días previo a la demanda?
After § 766.106 notice is served, both sides have 90 days to investigate informally. The defendants must respond with one of three positions: rejection, offer to admit liability and arbitrate damages, or offer to settle. Most cases that resolve quickly resolve in this window. The clock on the statute of limitations is paused during presuit.
07Do you handle Jackson Memorial cases?
Generally no. Jackson Health is a Miami-Dade County public hospital, and Florida § 768.28 caps recovery at $200,000 per person and $300,000 per incident regardless of how catastrophic the harm. Because the case economics rarely justify the expert costs we front, our firm focuses on private hospitals and physician groups, where the caps do not apply. If your care involved both public and private providers, we can still review the private side. We will tell you on the first call whether pursuing a public-hospital case makes sense for your specific facts.
08What about VA hospital cases (Bruce W. Carter)?
VA medical centers are governed by the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), not Florida’s sovereign-immunity statute. Cases follow a different procedure and timeline. We accept these cases when the facts support them; the FTCA process is more demanding but the damages framework is different.
09¿Irá mi caso a juicio?
Probablemente no. La mayoría de los casos se resuelven durante la presentación de pruebas o la mediación, y ese es el objetivo: maximizar el valor y luego resolver. Lo que aumenta el valor del acuerdo es la voluntad del bufete de llevar los casos hasta el veredicto, junto con el examen médico previo a la aceptación del § 766.203. Los resultados anteriores no garantizan un resultado similar en su caso.
10What records do I need before I call?
None. We obtain records under HIPAA, even if you have nothing in hand. If you do have records, photographs, voicemails, or insurance correspondence, bring them, but don’t delay calling because you’re still gathering paperwork. Records degrade and witnesses rotate out.
11Can I sue for a bad outcome that wasn’t the doctor’s fault?
No. Medicine has known complications and bad outcomes happen even when the standard of care is met perfectly. That is why the four elements exist: duty, breach, causation, damages. Without breach, there is no case, regardless of how devastating the outcome.
12¿Hablan español?
Sí. Our intake team is fully bilingual; trial work can be conducted in either language with a court interpreter when needed. Most of our Miami-Dade clients prefer Spanish for the first call.
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