Florida Military Medical Malpractice Attorneys

At National Trial Law, our Florida military medical malpractice attorneys have successfully brought cases against every branch of the Armed Forces, including the U.S. Department of the Army, the U.S. Department of the Navy, and the U.S. Department of the Air Force. We are also familiar with the many military bases around Florida, so you know that you can trust us with your case, no matter what military hospital or on-base medical clinic caused you to suffer an injury due to medical malpractice.

A few of the many military medical facilities in Florida include:

• Eglin Air Force Base Hospital
• Eglin VA Clinic
• Patrick Space Force Base Clinic
• The U.S. Army Troop Medical Clinic at Camp Blanding Army Base
• Air Station Clearwater Medical Clinic
• Naval Air Station Jacksonville Navy Base in Jacksonville
• Naval Hospital Pensacola
• Naval Hospital Jacksonville

National Trial Law has successfully negotiated many results on behalf of veterans and service members who have been victim to U.S. Government medical providers in Florida. For example, we recently reached a $6,500,000 Settlement on behalf of a family after Florida military medical center nurses provided too much oxytocin to our client and failed to monitor her labor and delivery, causing cerebral palsy in her child.

What is the FTCA?

Filing a medical malpractice lawsuit is complicated. When the negligent medical provider is employed at a military hospital or on-base medical center, the complications can be even more numerous and difficult to overcome on your own. For example, you can’t just file an injury claim against a military doctor or even against the U.S. Military like you would any other defendant. Instead, your case must follow a strict set of rules set by the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA).

Under the FTCA, you will likely need to follow these steps to file a military medical malpractice claim in Florida:

1. Start by collecting as much information as you can about the medical procedure or procedures that went wrong, such as your related medical records and out of pocket billing records. Gathering these documents to our attorneys gives our team a strong starting point.
2. Make a journal or daily notes about your overall health, limitations, and conditions caused by military medical malpractice. We can use your journal to understand your injury or illness better, and what a fair amount of compensation would look like based on it.
3. Obtain, fill out, and file a Standard Form 95 before the two-year statute of limitations expires. In some cases filed against the federal government, the usual FTCA statute of limitations might not apply, and there could be even less time than normal to start a claim. Acting quickly is important.
4. Consider filing an FTCA lawsuit in federal court if your Form 95 is rejected or no fair settlement offer has been presented. If the administrative claim is denied, then you have six months at most to pursue a lawsuit instead.