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Medical Malpractice

Our law firm represents individuals whose doctors and hospitals have injured them through negligence. Recent cases, resolved by verdict or settlement, include the failure of a pathologist to diagnose endocervical cancer (1995), the failure of a pathologist to diagnose prostate cancer (1995), the negligent failure to diagnose breast cancer (1996) the negligent surgical removals during gall bladder surgery (1997, 1999 and 2000), the negligent failure of a urologist to order repeat testing for the presence of prostate cancer (1998), the negligent failures of a cardiologist and a pulmonologist to diagnose coronary artery disease and unstable angina in a veteran of the Vietnam war, and a devoted husband and father, who lost his life due to their neglect (1998), the negligent failure of a vascular surgeon to determine that a failed arterial fistula was injuring the nerve structure of his patient (1999), the negligent failure of an internist to diagnose lung cancer when the primary tumor was fully resectable for cure (2001), a hospital's negligent failure to diagnose and treat a sub-dural hematoma (2002 and 2004), a surgeon's negligent and mistaken diagnosis of chronic constipation, leading to the unnecessary removal of the patient's colon (2003), and a breast surgeon's delayed diagnosis of breast cancer (2003).

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  • Legal Malpractice
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Business Torts

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Phillips P. O’Shaughnessy Attorneys at Law

315 S.E. 12th Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316
Phone: 954-712-0574
Fax: 954-712-0576

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