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How to File a Medical Malpractice Claim in Florida: The 2-Year Clock, the Presuit Hurdle, and What Chapter 766 Requires

How to File a Medical Malpractice Claim in Florida: The 2-Year Clock, the Presuit Hurdle, and What Chapter 766 Requires

by Silva & Silva | Jul 15, 2026 | Medical Malpractice

How to File a Medical Malpractice Claim in Florida: The 2-Year Clock, the Presuit Hurdle, and What Chapter 766 Requires Learning how to file a medical malpractice claim in Florida means learning what has to happen before a lawsuit exists. You generally have 2 years...
Medical Malpractice Claims Involving Cancer: What Patients and Families Need to Know

Medical Malpractice Claims Involving Cancer: What Patients and Families Need to Know

by Silva & Silva | Aug 1, 2025 | Medical Malpractice

Medical Malpractice Claims Involving Cancer: What Patients and Families Need to Know While a cancer diagnosis can be devastating, dealing with medical malpractice in relation to a cancer diagnosis can be more devastating still. The unfortunate reality is that medical...
Medical Malpractice Claims in Florida: A Comprehensive Guide

Medical Malpractice Claims in Florida: A Comprehensive Guide

by Silva & Silva | Jan 1, 2025 | Birth Injuries, Medical Malpractice

If you have concerns about medical malpractice, you should not ignore them. Medical mistakes can have life-altering (and, in some cases, life-threatening) consequences, and they are far more common than they should be. Victims of medical malpractice have clear rights...
Dangerous Drug Lawsuits: When Can (and Should) Patients and Families in Florida Seek Compensation?

Dangerous Drug Lawsuits: When Can (and Should) Patients and Families in Florida Seek Compensation?

by Silva & Silva | Sep 1, 2024 | Medical Malpractice, Products Liability

When you receive a prescription from your doctor or undergo a drug-based treatment at a clinic or hospital, you expect your medication to work as intended. You expect it to help you get better—not worse—and while you might expect some side effects, you hope they will...
20 Birth Injuries Caused By Medical Malpractice

20 Birth Injuries Caused By Medical Malpractice

by Silva & Silva | Apr 1, 2024 | Birth Injuries, Medical Malpractice

Update: For current Florida birth-injury law — including the NICA program and the 2026 changes to it — see our South Florida birth injury attorneys guide. While birth injury rates have declined over the past two decades, birth injuries are still far more...
Understanding Your Family’s Legal Rights After a Fatal Swimming Pool Accident in Florida

Understanding Your Family’s Legal Rights After a Fatal Swimming Pool Accident in Florida

by Silva & Silva | May 1, 2023 | Medical Malpractice

Florida has one of the highest rates of accidental drowning deaths in the United States. According to Florida Health, the Sunshine State ranked fifth worst in the nation in 2020, and it had the highest rate of unintentional drownings among children between the ages of...
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