Are you dealing with devastating physical injuries, a reduced life expectancy, or the death of a family member because a Vero Beach, Florida, doctor made a mistake?
Call Graves Thomas Rotunda Injury Law Group. You may be entitled to compensation, including money to help you offset medical bills, disability, and harder-to-value suffering. Our Vero Beach medical malpractice lawyers can offer the support and experience you need to maximize your recovery.
Today, we’re ready to help you demand the compensation you need to get back on your feet after you’ve been the victim of a medical error. Contact us online or call (772) 758-1966 to learn more and set a time for your free consultation.
How Graves Thomas Rotunda Injury Law Group Helps Victims of Medical Malpractice in Vero Beach, FL
While Florida gives injured patients and grieving families the right to take legal action when they’re the victim of malpractice, the state’s laws tend to benefit the healthcare system more than those who suffer from provider mistakes. One of the best things you can do to improve the odds of victory and a successful financial recovery is to hire an experienced Vero Beach personal injury lawyer to handle your medical malpractice claim.
Graves Thomas Rotunda Injury Law Group in Vero Beach, FL offers award-winning legal representation and the resources you’ll need to force your doctor, the hospital, and their insurance companies to take your medical malpractice lawsuit seriously.
Recognized for excellence in civil litigation by the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Super Lawyers, The National Law Review, Martindale-Hubbell, and the Florida Bar Association Board of Legal Specialization & Education, we’ve recovered hundreds of millions in settlement agreements and jury verdicts for clients like you.
We achieve life-changing case results for our clients by taking an individualized, aggressive approach to every case we handle.
You can expect us to:
- Investigate the underlying circumstances of your medical malpractice case to understand what went wrong, why, and how it could have been avoided
- Determine who’s liable for your injuries and suffering
- Calculate the value of your medical malpractice case
- Gather evidence that can help us prove your case and recover a life-changing sum, including hospital records; provider notes; communication between members of your healthcare team; hospital hiring, staffing, and training protocols; and eyewitness statements
- Enlist expert witnesses to offer insight and guidance in support of your legal claim for damages
- File your medical malpractice lawsuit along with an expert-signed affidavit of merit to underscore the legitimacy of your claims
- Actively seek out the best possible terms in a settlement agreement during negotiations
- Bring your medical malpractice lawsuit to trial in Indian River County if you don’t receive the type of settlement offer you deserve
Our Florida medical malpractice lawyers in Vero Beach represent clients on a contingent basis. Pay nothing until we’ve recovered compensation for your medical malpractice case.
There’s no charge for an initial case evaluation, either. So, call our Vero Beach, FL, law office to arrange a time to speak with our top-rated legal team today.
Representing Clients in All Types of Medical Malpractice Cases
Medical mistakes are one of the leading causes of avoidable injury and death to Americans across the nation. Some experts believe that close to 440,000 people die because of healthcare provider negligence annually. Millions more suffer injuries that could have the potential to change their lives forever.
At Graves Thomas Rotunda Injury Law Group, we proudly advocate for clients in all types of medical malpractice cases in Vero Beach, including:
- Surgical errors
- Emergency room errors
- Anesthesia errors
- Prescription medication errors
- Defective medical devices
- Medical device errors
- Misdiagnosis
- Failure to diagnose
- Delayed diagnosis
- Birth injury
- Hospital-acquired infections
Whether you’ve been injured or you’ve experienced the wrongful death of a spouse, parent, or child, you’ll be able to count on our Vero Beach medical malpractice attorneys to help you fight for justice. Contact our compassionate legal team to discuss the details of your personal injury case today.
How Do I Win a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit in Vero Beach?
Medical malpractice refers to a healthcare provider’s careless, wrongful, or fraudulent behavior. Simply put, as licensed and trained professionals working in such a specialized area, medical professionals are able to achieve high standards. When their conduct falls short and a patient gets hurt in the process, they can be sued in civil court for the harm they’ve caused.
Most medical malpractice lawsuits in Florida are based on the tort of negligence.
As the plaintiff in a negligence-based medical malpractice lawsuit, you’ll need to prove the following elements to win your case:
- Your doctor/nurse/healthcare provider owed you a duty of care
- Your doctor/nurse/healthcare provider failed to exercise the level of skill, care, and treatment that would be expected of someone in their specialty, and this breached the duty of care owed to you
- Your provider’s conduct caused an injury or death that was not a reasonably foreseeable risk to the care you received
- You’ve suffered damages
Would you have probably avoided your injuries if you’d been treated by another physician of the same specialty? Would you have avoided those injuries because this other provider would have exercised better care, judgment, or skill under the circumstances? If so, you can probably prove that your provider was negligent and, in turn, liable for your resulting damages.
Who Could Be Liable For Medical Malpractice If I’m Injured As a Patient?
In Florida, liability for a medical mistake is not necessarily limited to just one party. In fact, anyone who contributes to a medical mistake can be responsible for resulting damages.
This might include a:
- Primary care physician
- Surgeon
- Anesthesiologist
- Pharmacist
- Nurse
- Emergency room specialist
- Hospitalist
- Dentist
- Chiropractor
- Midwife
- Hospital staff member
- Hospital
There are also times when a medical professional’s employer – including a hospital or urgent treatment center – can be vicariously liable for your injuries. Vicarious liability means that while the hospital might not have directly contributed to the medical error, they’re still responsible for the negligent or wrongful actions of their employees.
What Damages Can I Win in a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit?
The consequences of a medical error can be costly. Fortunately, you have the right to seek compensatory damages through a medical malpractice lawsuit.
Compensatory damages include economic awards and non-economic awards. Each serves a distinct purpose in helping you move forward with your life.
Economic damages are designed to alleviate the financial stress you experience as the victim of medical malpractice, helping you with costs related to:
- Current and future medical bills
- Rehabilitation
- Therapy
- Nursing care
- Travel and housing related to medical care
- Out-of-pocket expenses
- Lost wages
- Disability
- Diminished earning capacity
- Funeral expenses
Non-economic damages are intended to help you cope with more subjective and personal consequences of medical negligence, including:
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional distress
- Loss of consortium
- Reduced quality of life
- Disfigurement
- Scarring
- Chronic physical pain
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
Punitive damages – which are intended to punish a healthcare provider or healthcare system for fraud, oppression, intentional misconduct, or gross negligence – can potentially be awarded by an Indian River County jury if your medical malpractice lawsuit goes to trial.
Is There a Time Limit For Bringing a Medical Malpractice Claim in Florida?
Florida gives most victims of medical negligence two years from the date a medical error is made or two years from the date a related injury or wrongful death is discovered through reasonable diligence to file a lawsuit for damages against their provider.
The statute of limitations, however, is not without limitation. Under the state’s statute of repose, almost all medical malpractice lawsuits must be filed within four years of the date a medical error is made, regardless of when an injury is discovered. The prime exception involves fraudulent concealment cases, where a seven-year statute of limitations applies.
Call our medical malpractice attorneys in Vero Beach, FL, as soon as you can to ensure that your right to seek compensation from your negligence healthcare provider is preserved. If you miss the filing deadline, you’ll lose the ability to demand the financial justice you deserve.
Schedule a Free Consultation With an Experienced Vero Beach Medical Malpractice Lawyer
Your doctor made a mistake, and you shouldn’t have to figure out how to navigate your future on your own. They need to be held accountable, as does the medical facility where the mistake happened. Call Graves Thomas Rotunda Injury Law Group and discover how our nationally acclaimed Vero Beach medical malpractice lawyers can help you make things right.
We fight passionately for our clients, and our case results speak volumes about our commitment to justice. We’ve successfully won hundreds of millions of dollars in damages from powerful corporations. Now, we’re here to fight to get you the money you need to move forward with your life, too.
Contact our law office in Vero Beach to schedule a complimentary case evaluation. Members of our legal team are always available to take your call.
