We understand the importance of justice and accountability in the field of healthcare and our mission involves ultimately improving the quality of care where we practice. If you or a loved one have experienced harm or the death of a loved one due to medical negligence or error, you have come to the right place. Contact me directly, today, to start a conversation.
Throughout our lives, we often find ourselves putting our trust in, or entrust our loved ones, to hospitals, doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers. When your health or the health of a loved one is at stake, there is simply no room for a preventable error. How often do preventable medical errors really happen? What reasonable measures were available to help you or a loved one? What would other reasonable healthcare providers have done under the same or similar circumstances?
Preventable medical errors too-often end with tragic results. Recent studies show that between 250,000 to 440,000 deaths a year are caused by preventable medical errors in hospitals. According to a 2016 study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University and published in the British Medical Journal, deaths caused by medical errors are now believed to be the third leading cause of death in the United States, above stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, respiratory disease, and accidents, and second only to heart disease and cancer.
Authors of an earlier study in the Journal of Patient Safety called the alarming number of preventable deaths in hospital “… an epidemic of patient harm…”.
Learn more through the below links:
- Medical error—the third leading cause of death in the US
- A New, Evidence-based Estimate of Patient Harms Associated with Hospital Care
Any doctor, nurse, or hospital employee can be held accountable for medical malpractice. Medical malpractice and medical negligence are synonymous – they mean the same thing. Simple examples of hospital negligence occur when the hospital staff may be overworked, if the organization is attempting to cut hours and save money; if the hospital isn’t effectively allocating its recruiting budget to fill in needful staffing positions to save more money; if its agents or employees of the hospital are held negligent; if the hospital failed to adopt or enforce safer policies and procedures for the practice of medicine in its facilities which led to preventable harm or death of a patient; or if the hospital doctors, nurses or staff failed to act appropriately and/or in a timely manner that led to harm or death of a patient.
I am dedicated to serve victims of medical negligence and their families. I am up-to-date and well-versed in the many specific, and often complex, nuances of the various medical malpractice laws and schematics in Florida and Kentucky, and the medical-legal issues that surround the many various types of medical negligence cases facing patients and the communities we live in.
Medical malpractice is a complex and sensitive area of law that addresses situations where healthcare professionals or institutions fail to meet the expected standard of care, resulting in harm or injury to patients. These cases can encompass a wide range of issues, including failure to timely diagnose or treat, failure to diagnose or treat, misdiagnosis, surgical errors, lack of informed consent, medication mistakes, hospital system failures, and more.
At Adam Clark Law, we believe that everyone deserves access to quality healthcare, and when that trust and reasonable standard is broken, we are here to fight for your rights and the honor or memory of a loved one. We work tirelessly to hold negligent parties accountable for their actions.
We recognize that medical malpractice cases not only have a significant impact on the individual affected, but also on their families. We are committed to providing compassionate and personalized legal representation, ensuring that your voice is heard, and your concerns are addressed throughout the legal process for your medical malpractice case.
It is my passion for this area of law is grounded in an appreciation and respect for the healthcare industry, and in a desire to obtain justice on behalf of those who have been injured and/or killed by negligent and reckless healthcare providers. Our legal actions are meant to not only pursue full, fair and optimal justice for you and your loved ones, but also ultimately serve to SAVE LIVES, which would not be put into motion without your willingness and courage to bring to attention your claim against the negligent parties.
If you believe you or a loved one may have been a victim of medical malpractice, we encourage you to reach out to our team for a confidential consultation. Together, we can navigate the legal process, seek accountability, and work towards obtaining the justice you deserve.
Medical Malpractice in Daytona Beach and Volusia County
Most medical care in the Daytona Beach area flows through two hospital systems. Halifax Health operates Halifax Health Medical Center on Clyde Morris Boulevard — the area’s Level II trauma center — along with its Port Orange hospital and a wide network of outpatient facilities. AdventHealth serves the region through campuses in Daytona Beach, New Smyrna Beach, DeLand, Orange City, and Palm Coast. When something goes wrong inside one of these systems — a missed diagnosis in an emergency department, a surgical error, a medication mistake, a delay in treatment — the injured patient is usually our neighbor, and the records, witnesses, and providers are all here in Volusia and Flagler counties.
One local detail matters more than most people expect: Halifax Health is a public hospital system, a special taxing district created under Florida law. Claims against it are governed by Florida’s sovereign-immunity statute, which imposes its own presuit notice requirements and statutory limits on recovery. Getting that procedure right from the start can make or break a case, and it is one of the first things we evaluate when a potential claim involves a Halifax facility.
Every Florida medical malpractice case — public hospital or private — must also clear the presuit screening process in chapter 766 of the Florida Statutes before a lawsuit can be filed. We gather your medical records, have them reviewed by a qualified medical expert, and serve each prospective defendant with a notice of intent to initiate litigation corroborated by that expert’s written opinion. The defendant then has a 90-day presuit window to investigate before the case can move into court. This process is mandatory, technical, and unforgiving of mistakes, which is why we urge you not to attempt it alone.
The deadlines are just as unforgiving. Florida generally allows two years from the date the malpractice was discovered — or reasonably should have been discovered — to act, and the statute of repose ordinarily bars claims brought more than four years after the incident regardless of discovery, with narrow exceptions for fraud, concealment, and claims involving young children.
Cases arising in Daytona Beach are filed in the Circuit Court for Volusia County, part of Florida’s Seventh Judicial Circuit; Flagler County claims are heard at the Kim C. Hammond Justice Center in Bunnell. Our office on Historic Live Oak Avenue sits in the heart of downtown Daytona Beach, and we try these cases where they arise — in front of the judges and juries of this community.
