Orlando Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Attorneys
If a misdiagnosis, surgical error or medication mistake took someone you love in Orlando or Central Florida, our medical malpractice wrongful death attorneys secure the records, retain the medical experts Florida requires and complete every presuit step — so your family gets answers. No fee unless we win. Call (407) 777-8888
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What's at Stake
We're so sorry for your loss. When a hospital or doctor is involved, the questions are harder and the rules are stricter. Here's what your family is up against.
Florida generally allows 2 years from when the malpractice was, or should have been, discovered — and the presuit process has to fit inside that window.
Florida won't let a medical malpractice case be filed until a qualified medical expert has reviewed the care and signed a written opinion supporting the claim.
Charts can be incomplete or amended later. We request the full record, including the electronic audit trail, before details get lost.
Some providers or insurers approach families early. Signing a release can end the claim before anyone has reviewed the care.
Your family shouldn't have to carry this alone.
Alexandra Tosado · Founding Attorney
You trusted them with someone you love. You deserve to know what really happened.
How We Help
Families often sense something went wrong long before anyone explains it: a symptom that was brushed off in the ER, a surgery that should have been routine, a medication that was never double-checked, or a patient who wasn't monitored overnight. Hospitals rarely volunteer that a mistake was made.
Medical malpractice wrongful death cases sit where two demanding areas of Florida law meet. Chapter 766 controls how medical negligence is proven and adds a mandatory presuit process. The Florida Wrongful Death Act controls who can recover and what losses count, and it treats medical negligence differently from other deaths.
When you hire ANT Law Firm, our Orlando medical malpractice wrongful death lawyers request the complete medical record, have it reviewed by independent physicians in the right specialty, and build a clear timeline of what should have happened and what did. We handle every presuit notice and deadline, then prepare your family's case for a jury, because hospitals and their insurers defend these cases hard.
Cases We Handle
Fatal medical negligence includes misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis, surgical and anesthesia errors, medication mistakes, failure to monitor, birth injuries and emergency room errors. These related pages may also help.
How Florida wrongful death claims work for every kind of fatal negligence.
Severe injuries from medical negligence that later lead to death.
Preventable falls in care facilities that lead to fatal complications.
Oxygen deprivation and other brain injuries from delayed or negligent care.
When You're Ready
You don't need to prove anything yourself. These steps protect your family's right to answers while you take care of each other.
Lost someone after medical care?
Request the medical records and talk to us before you sign anything from the hospital or its insurer. It's free and confidential.
While it's fresh
Prepared for Trial
Hospitals and their insurers have lawyers on day one. Here's what happens when the other side underestimates how far we'll go.
“A very positive experience with the attorney and her entire team — always attentive, kind, and willing to clarify every question. The fact that they are bilingual is a huge plus.”
Landmark verdict
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The jury's verdict was forty times the insurance company's offer.
Their offer
$30,000
The jury's verdict
$1.2M
The insurance company offered our client $30,000. We turned it down, built the case for trial and put it in front of a jury. The jury awarded $1.2 million — forty times what the insurer said the case was worth.
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Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Every case is different and is evaluated on its own facts. Amounts are gross recoveries before fees, costs and liens.
The Plan
Call, text or fill out the form. It's free and confidential.
We investigate, gather the evidence, handle the insurance company and get your medical care documented.
We negotiate from strength. If they won't pay fairly, we take it to a jury.
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Florida requires more work before a medical malpractice lawsuit than almost any other case. Here's how we handle it.
Damages
Florida's Wrongful Death Act lets the estate and surviving family recover, but medical negligence cases limit which adult family members can recover for grief. We'll explain exactly how it applies to your family.
The income, benefits and household help your loved one would have provided, past and future.
A surviving spouse can recover for lost companionship and protection and for mental pain and suffering.
Children under 25 can recover for lost parental companionship, instruction and guidance and their own grief.
Parents of a child under 25 can recover for their mental pain and suffering.
Care your loved one received between the medical error and death.
Reasonable funeral, burial or cremation expenses paid by the family or the estate.
For the estate: wages lost before death and, in many cases, the savings your loved one would likely have left.
Only with proof of intentional misconduct or gross negligence, and only with court permission.
Have questions about what your family can recover? We'll answer them, free.
Get My Free Case ReviewFlorida Law
These are some of the strictest rules in Florida civil law. Here's what your family should know.
Presuit investigation. Before filing, Florida requires a reasonable investigation and a verified written opinion from a qualified medical expert that there are reasonable grounds to believe the provider was negligent (Fla. Stat. § 766.203). A notice of intent must be sent to each prospective defendant (Fla. Stat. § 766.106), which starts a 90-day period for the providers to investigate and respond.
Proving the case. We must show the provider fell below the prevailing professional standard of care and that the breach caused the death. That proof comes from qualified experts, usually in the same specialty as the provider.
Who can recover for grief.Under Fla. Stat. § 768.21(8), in medical negligence cases, adult children (25 and older) can't recover for lost parental companionship or their mental pain and suffering, and parents of an adult child can't recover for their mental pain and suffering. A surviving spouse, children under 25 and parents of a child under 25 can. Economic losses and the estate's claim still apply.
Shared fault.Florida's 2023 change to modified comparative negligence does not apply to medical negligence. Recovery is reduced by any fault assigned to the patient, but it isn't barred entirely.
What Success Looks Like
Facing it alone
With ANT in your corner
Independent experts explain what went wrong and why.
Providers and hospitals answer for the care they gave.
Lost support, bills and your family's future accounted for.
The presuit work and deadlines handled for you.
Every case is different. Past results don't guarantee a similar outcome.
Client Reviews
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“Working with Alex and her team was truly one of the best professional experiences I've had. From start to finish, they exceeded my expectations.”
“The reviews speak for themselves. Trust in the process — Alexandra will deliver.”
Why ANT Law Firm
After a fatal medical error, hospitals and their insurers defend hard and offer as little as they can. We build every case for trial, so they have to take your family seriously — and you pay nothing unless we win.
Straight Answers
It's a death caused by a healthcare provider's negligence: misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis, surgical and anesthesia errors, medication and dosage mistakes, failure to monitor, birth injuries, hospital infections that weren't properly treated, and emergency room errors. We must prove the provider breached the prevailing professional standard of care and that the breach caused the death.
The personal representative of the estate files on behalf of the estate and the survivors under Florida's Wrongful Death Act (Fla. Stat. §§ 768.16–768.26). In medical negligence cases, Fla. Stat. § 768.21(8) bars adult children (25 and older) from recovering for lost companionship and grief, and bars parents of an adult child from recovering for their grief. A surviving spouse, children under 25 and parents of a child under 25 can recover those damages. Our attorneys will explain exactly how the law applies to your family.
We obtain the complete medical record and have it reviewed by qualified medical experts, usually in the same specialty. Before a lawsuit can be filed, Florida requires a verified written expert opinion that there are reasonable grounds to believe malpractice occurred (Fla. Stat. § 766.203), sent with a notice of intent to each provider (Fla. Stat. § 766.106). We then build the case with more experts, depositions and evidence linking the negligence to the death.
Generally two years from when the malpractice was, or should have been, discovered, and no more than four years from the date of the malpractice, with limited exceptions such as fraud or concealment. The presuit process, including the 90-day investigation period, must fit inside that window. These deadlines are unforgiving, so talk to an attorney as soon as your family is ready.
Not in a lawsuit. The Florida Supreme Court struck down the caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice wrongful death cases in 2014 and in personal injury cases in 2017. Economic damages like lost support, medical bills and funeral costs were never capped. Different limits can apply if a case goes to voluntary binding arbitration or involves a government hospital.
Nothing up front. ANT Law Firm handles these cases on a contingency fee: we advance the significant costs of expert review and litigation, and we're only paid if we recover for your family. Florida's constitution also limits attorney fees in medical liability cases, and we'll explain the exact percentage in writing during your free case review.
Be careful. An early offer usually comes before anyone independent has reviewed the care, and accepting it means signing away your family's rights for good. Don't sign anything before an attorney reviews the offer. We'll tell you honestly whether it's fair.
Still have a question? Call (407) 777-8888 or send us a message.
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Orlando Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Attorneys
When you're ready, we'll listen, review what happened and explain your family's options. Your free case review is confidential, in English or Spanish.
