Medical Malpractice

Physicians and other health care providers must follow certain standards when caring for patients, and Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm’s attorneys aggressively represent the interests of clients throughout Florida in cases of medical negligence or "malpractice." This occurs when a physician or other health care provider either fails to do something that should have been done or does something that should not have been done, which results in injury or death. When representing clients, the firm leverages the expertise of its attorneys as well as its in-house medical paralegals and extensive network of experts to provide superior, effective representation.

Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm has extensive legal experience in a complete spectrum of matters, including:

  • Adverse reactions to drugs or procedures
  • Anesthesia errors
  • Birth malpractice
  • Blood-transfusion errors
  • Breaches of doctor-patient confidentiality
  • Defects in medical devices
  • Fetal distress and brain-damaged babies
  • Gross negligence
  • Infections caused by accidental medical actions (iatrogenic infections)
  • Kidney dialysis errors
  • Lack of informed consent
  • Medical instrument errors, including leaving foreign objects inside patients
  • Medical procedure errors
  • Medication errors
  • Misdiagnosis or failure to properly diagnose or treat conditions, including:
    • Addison’s disease
    • Aneurysm
    • Appendicitis
    • Auto-immune disease (hypothyroidism/Addison’s disease)
    • Bowel cancer
    • Breast cancer
    • Cancer
    • Colorectal cancer
    • Diabetes
    • Encephalitis
    • Heart attack
    • Hypertension
    • Hypothyroidism
    • Kidney disease
    • Lung cancer
    • Meningitis
    • Mesothelioma
    • Metabolic syndrome
    • Rectal cancer
    • Stomach ulcer/gastric ulcer
    • Stroke
    • Toxemia or pregnancy-induced infection
  • Nosocomial infections (disease contracted while under medical care)
  • Operative errors, such as:
    • Causing internal bleeding or failing to detect or properly treat internal bleeding
    • Nurse negligence/nurse malpractice
    • Severing organs or nerves
    • Wrong side of body surgery
  • Post-operative complications/failure to monitor patients post-operatively
  • Radiologist malpractice
  • Sub-standard care
  • Surgical complications
  • Wrong treatments