With more than 50 years of combined legal experience, Rosen & Rosen has grown to become one of the preeminent law firms in the area of medical malpractice in South Florida. We have successfully represented patients injured due to medical negligence and will aggressively fight for you.

Medical malpractice is a major problem. Approximately 44,000 people die in the United States each year due, in part, to medical malpractice and over 98,000 worldwide. In other words, more people die every year from doctors who fail to provide the appropriate level of care, then from guns, AIDS, breast cancer or automobile accidents.

In its 2002 comprehensive report, “Florida’s Real Medical Malpractice Problem: Bad Doctors and Insurance Companies, Not the Legal System,” the Washington, D.C.-based consumer watchdog group Public Citizen found the following:

• The number of medical errors reported by Florida hospitals exceeds the number of medical malpractice claims filed each year by 6 to 1. From 1996 through 1999, Florida hospitals reported 19,885 incidents but only 3,177 medical malpractice claims. This means that for every 6 adverse incidents in the hospital only 1 malpractice claim is ever filed.
• Six percent of the doctors in Florida are responsible for half the malpractice. Public Citizen’s analysis of the federal government’s National Practitioner Data Bank information found that 2,674 of the state’s 44,747 doctors have paid two or more malpractice awards to patients. These doctors are responsible for 51 percent of all payments.
• Many of Florida’s most dangerous doctors continue to practice and the state watchdog is asleep on the job. There are 1,555 physicians who have been disciplined by Florida’s state medical and osteopathic boards for incompetence, misprescribing drugs, sexual misconduct, criminal convictions, ethical lapses and other offenses.
• Rate increases are up for many other types of insurance in Florida. Doctors like to blame lawyers and the legal system for rising malpractice insurance rates. But these rate increases are largely the result of the economics of the insurance industry.

Healthcare professionals are only required to give a standard of care that is ordinary or normal. When a physician is determined to be negligent, it means that he or she has failed to use the same degree of skill and learning, under the same or similar circumstances, that are used by other members of the medical profession. Some of the most common ways that medical malpractice occurs are: a failure or error in timely diagnosis, a failure or a delay in ordering appropriate treatment, a failure to order necessary tests or proper medication, failure to consult with specialists and errors in surgical procedures. Although there are numerous types of malpractice claims, the most common are:

• Wrongful death
• Birth defects or injuries
• Hospital, physician, and nursing negligence
• Misdiagnosis
• Nursing home injuries and elder abuse
• Pharmaceutical errors

It is your attorney's obligation to determine as quickly and efficiently as possible whether there is a good, actionable case. Medical malpractice cases are by their very nature complex, expensive to pursue, have a high risk of no recovery, and often involve a client's "personal" attachment.

It is important to consult with an attorney immediately to protect your rights. If you or a loved one has been injured as a result of a health care provider’s medical negligence, please contact Rosen & Rosen, P.A. We have successfully represented patients injured due to medical negligence and will aggressively fight for you.