Legal Question in Medical Malpractice in Florida

Hello,

my name is alicia i have a question.. last oct (2011) my mother past away due to cancer.. but i think the hospitals involved could have done something more to aleast give her a little more time..

she was taking to the first hospital in late august she was admitted there for fluild in the lungs but nothing was being done for her there she was giving oxgyen because the opartion she need could be then there..so then they told us they where going to trans. her to the other hospital that could do it but that hospital didnt have a room avaiable so she had to be in the hospital with just oxgyen they had her like that for a week and half then they trans her to the other hospital and again she waited another week before anything was done..when the op was done she went to icu and past away shorty after .. i feel that more could have been done..


Asked on 8/31/12, 1:17 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Barry Stein De Cardenas, Freixas, Stein & Zachary

To have a viable claim, assuming malpractice exists, mom had to be survived by a husband or minor or dependent child. Did she have either of these? If not, then no one is available under the law to make the claim. The issue in a claim is whether they did or did not do something that caused her to die, independent of the cancer which was obviously causing her severe problems. This is a medical question and can only be addressed by a medical expert. These cases are extremely expensive and the costs will only be valuable if the there was intervention that was done sooner than would have indeed saved her life. You have a very tough road on both the issues. Seek legal help as soon as possible to discuss the issues.

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Answered on 8/31/12, 1:25 pm


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