According to an analysis of medical malpractice payouts as recorded by the National Practitioner Data Bank which is a digital database of information about adverse medical events, the practitioners involved, and payments for medical malpractice:
- The average Florida malpractice payment was estimated at $268,466
- The national average malpractice payment was $348.065
The Law Offices of Sean M. Cleary' average is easily more than these amounts.
Just like medical conditions present differently from one person to the next, a malpractice payment is unlikely to be the same between patients. Negligence may be a missed diagnosis or a botched surgery, and each case results in varied harm or injury to the patient. According to the same analysis, these are the average payment amounts by the severity of the alleged outcome:
- Quadriplegic, brain damage, lifelong care: $961,185
- Major permanent injury: $610,393
- Significant permanent injury: $450,356
- Death: $386,317
- Minor permanent injury: $242,524
- Major temporary injury: $227,063
- Emotional injury only: $128,821
- Outcome unknown: $128,489
- Minor temporary injury: $87,252
- Insignificant injury: $40,030
Florida registered a number of 1,292 payments over the course of one year, which totaled $346,857,750. Because the variations among injuries are so broad, cases for malpractice compensation can range anywhere from several thousands of dollars up to many millions of dollars in the most severe cases. The amount of compensation for medical malpractice differs from one state to another.
The majority of payments (96,5%) were the result of out-of-court settlements while the rest (3.5%) resulted from judgments. In Florida, there are no longer caps on the amount a plaintiff can receive from a medical malpractice lawsuit. You can read more about the basic laws for Florida Medical Malpractice Damage Caps at Fla. Stat. Ann. 766.118.
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