{"id":2644,"date":"2026-04-26T18:02:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T18:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floreslawmiami.com\/?page_id=2644"},"modified":"2026-04-26T18:02:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T18:02:41","slug":"kendall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/floreslawmiami.com\/es\/medical-malpractice\/misdiagnosis-lawyer-florida\/kendall\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendall, FL\u00a0Misdiagnosis\u00a0Lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\r\n.flores-post { color: #1a1a2e; max-width: 1240px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 24px; box-sizing: border-box; }\r\n.flores-post-narrow { color: #1a1a2e; max-width: 960px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 24px; box-sizing: border-box; }\r\n.flores-post *, .flores-post-narrow * { box-sizing: border-box; }\r\n.flores-post > *, .flores-post .wp-block-html, .flores-post .wp-block-heading, .flores-post .wp-block-paragraph, .flores-post .wp-block-columns, .flores-post .wp-block-column, .flores-post .wp-block-image, .flores-post .wp-block-group, .flores-post p, .flores-post h1, .flores-post h2, .flores-post h3, .flores-post h4, .flores-post-narrow > *, .flores-post-narrow .wp-block-html, .flores-post-narrow .wp-block-heading, .flores-post-narrow .wp-block-paragraph, .flores-post-narrow .wp-block-columns, .flores-post-narrow .wp-block-column, .flores-post-narrow .wp-block-image, .flores-post-narrow .wp-block-group, .flores-post-narrow p, .flores-post-narrow h2, .flores-post-narrow h3, .flores-post-narrow h4 { max-width: 100% !important; 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Misdiagnosis &middot; Kendall<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"flex:1;height:1px;background:#6c140f;opacity:0.35\"><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h1 style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:52px;line-height:1.05;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;margin:0 0 16px 0;letter-spacing:-0.5px\">Kendall <em style=\"font-style:italic;color:#6c140f;font-weight:700\">Misdiagnosis<\/em> Lawyers<\/h1>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"lede\" style=\"font-size:17px;line-height:1.6;color:#3a3a3a;margin:0 0 20px 0\">Kendall families face misdiagnosis risks at one of the highest-volume hospital corridors in South Florida. Baptist Hospital, Kendall Regional, West Kendall Baptist, and HCA Florida Kendall together handle hundreds of thousands of emergency-department visits each year; the diagnostic workups happen quickly, and the room for error is real.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px;line-height:1.65;color:#3a3a3a;margin:0 0 24px 0\">The Law Offices of Jorge L. Flores, P.A., is on Kendall Drive and represents Kendall families in misdiagnosis matters. Florida is one of the strictest states for diagnostic-error plaintiffs under <em><a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/florida\/supreme-court\/1984\/62828-0.html\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color:#1B4F72;font-weight:600\">Gooding v. University Hospital<\/a><\/em>; the firm understands what that standard requires and how to meet it for Kendall cases specifically.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:10px;flex-wrap:wrap;align-items:center\">\r\n<a href=\"\/contact\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#1B4F72;color:#ffffff;padding:14px 28px;font-size:14.5px;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;letter-spacing:0.5px;border:1px solid #1B4F72\">Call (305) 598-2221<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"\/contact\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:transparent;color:#1B4F72;padding:14px 28px;font-size:14.5px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;letter-spacing:0.5px;border:1px solid #1B4F72\">Request a Case Review<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"stamp-card\">\r\n<div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:16px;margin-bottom:18px\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/floreslawmiami.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jorge-l-flores-small-img-150x150.webp\" alt=\"Jorge L. Flores, Esq., Kendall Florida misdiagnosis lawyer\" style=\"width:84px;height:84px;border-radius:50%;border:2px solid #1B4F72;object-fit:cover;flex-shrink:0\" \/>\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"margin-bottom:4px;font-size:10px;letter-spacing:2px\">Reviewed By<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:19px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;line-height:1.15;margin-bottom:3px\"><a href=\"\/attorneys\/jorge-flores\/\" style=\"color:#1a1a2e;text-decoration:none\">Jorge L. Flores, Esq.<\/a><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:12px;color:#6d6560;line-height:1.45\">Florida Bar No. 53244<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"rule-hair\" style=\"border-top-color:#d8cfbb;margin:14px 0\" \/>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:14px 12px;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.45\">\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"font-size:9.5px;letter-spacing:1.5px;margin-bottom:4px;color:#6d6560\">Background<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"color:#1a1a2e;font-weight:600\">Former hospital defense attorney<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"font-size:9.5px;letter-spacing:1.5px;margin-bottom:4px;color:#6d6560\">Practice<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"color:#1a1a2e;font-weight:600\">Medical malpractice exclusively<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"font-size:9.5px;letter-spacing:1.5px;margin-bottom:4px;color:#6d6560\">Experience<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"color:#1a1a2e;font-weight:600\">30 years in Florida medical malpractice<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"font-size:9.5px;letter-spacing:1.5px;margin-bottom:4px;color:#6d6560\">Languages<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"color:#1a1a2e;font-weight:600\">English &middot; Espa&ntilde;ol<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"rule-hair\" style=\"border-top-color:#d8cfbb;margin:14px 0 12px 0\" \/>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridabar.org\/directories\/find-mbr\/profile\/?num=53244\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"font-size:11.5px;color:#1B4F72;text-decoration:none;letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:700\">Verify on Florida Bar &rarr;<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><!-- PILLS --><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"pills\" style=\"display:flex;justify-content:center;gap:0;align-items:center;flex-wrap:wrap;padding:14px 0;margin:0 0 44px 0;border-top:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-bottom:1px solid #d8cfbb;font-size:12.5px;color:#1a1a2e;letter-spacing:1.5px;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:600\">\r\n<span style=\"padding:0 24px 0 0\"><strong style=\"color:#6c140f\">&diams;<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;AV Preeminent&reg; Rated<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"padding:0 24px;border-left:1px solid #d8cfbb\"><strong style=\"color:#6c140f\">&diams;<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Board Certified Civil Trial<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"padding:0 24px;border-left:1px solid #d8cfbb\"><strong style=\"color:#6c140f\">&diams;<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Statewide Florida<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><!-- CLOSE WIDE --><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><!-- OPEN NARROW --><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"flores-post-narrow\">\n\n\n<p><!-- STAT BAR --><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(220px,1fr));gap:0;margin:0 0 48px 0;background:#F5F0E8;border:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-top:2px solid #1B4F72\">\r\n\r\n<div style=\"padding:28px 26px 26px 26px;border-right:1px solid #d8cfbb;position:relative\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"font-size:9.5px;color:#6d6560;margin-bottom:10px\">Office Location<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:22px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;line-height:1.15;margin-bottom:6px\">7700 N Kendall Dr<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:1.55;color:#6d6560\">Located on Kendall Drive, roughly 1.3 miles from Baptist Hospital of Miami.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"padding:28px 26px 26px 26px;border-right:1px solid #d8cfbb;position:relative\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"font-size:9.5px;color:#6d6560;margin-bottom:10px\">Practice Focus<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:22px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;line-height:1.15;margin-bottom:6px\">Exclusively Malpractice<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:1.55;color:#6d6560\">No car accidents, no slip and fall, no workers&rsquo; comp.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"padding:28px 26px 26px 26px;position:relative\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"font-size:9.5px;color:#6d6560;margin-bottom:10px\">Languages<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:22px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;line-height:1.15;margin-bottom:6px\">English &amp; Espa&ntilde;ol<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:1.55;color:#6d6560\">Full bilingual representation, intake through resolution.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><!-- TOC --><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;background:#F5F0E8;padding:28px 32px 24px 32px;margin:0 0 48px 0;border:1px solid #d8cfbb\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\">On This Page<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:0 32px\">\r\n<div>\r\n<a href=\"#kendall-landscape\" class=\"toc-link\">1. Kendall&rsquo;s medical landscape<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"#kendall-venues\" class=\"toc-link\">2. Major Kendall diagnostic venues<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"#kendall-patterns\" class=\"toc-link\">3. Common patterns in Kendall cases<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"#kendall-case\" class=\"toc-link\">4. What makes a Kendall misdiagnosis case<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<a href=\"#why-choose\" class=\"toc-link\">5. Why Kendall families choose this firm<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"#results\" class=\"toc-link\">6. Past results<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"#reputation\" class=\"toc-link\">7. Reputation &amp; peer recognition<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"#faqs\" class=\"toc-link\">8. Kendall misdiagnosis FAQs<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><!-- PULL QUOTE --><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"pull-quote-md\">\r\n<p>Kendall ER charts tell a particular story. The volume is high, the providers rotate, and the differential gets compressed into the time available. The discharge note rarely says what was ruled out; that is what we look for.<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"attribution\">\r\n<span class=\"dash\"><\/span>\r\n<span>Jorge L. Flores, Esq.<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><!-- CHAPTER DIVIDER: \u00a7 01 --><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"section-divider-md\">\r\n<span class=\"section-sign\">&sect;<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"section-num\">01<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"section-label\">Local Landscape<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"line\"><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><!-- SECTION 1: KENDALL'S MEDICAL LANDSCAPE --><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"kendall-landscape\" style=\"margin-bottom:16px\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\">01 &middot; Kendall&rsquo;s Medical Landscape<\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:32px;line-height:1.15;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;margin:8px 0 20px 0;letter-spacing:-0.3px\">Where Kendall families receive diagnostic care<\/h2>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.75;color:#3a3a3a;margin-bottom:24px\">Kendall is one of the most concentrated hospital corridors in South Florida. Six full-service hospitals operate within or directly adjacent to the community, supplemented by dozens of urgent-care clinics, primary-care offices, and standalone imaging centers. The volume creates speed; the speed creates the conditions in which diagnostic errors occur. Each of the major Kendall venues has its own staffing model, specialist coverage, and patient-population profile, and these differences matter when evaluating a Kendall misdiagnosis case.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p><!-- 6 KENDALL HOSPITAL CARDS --><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(280px,1fr));gap:0;margin-bottom:28px;border-top:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-left:1px solid #d8cfbb\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"pa-card\" style=\"padding:22px 24px 20px 24px;border-right:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-bottom:1px solid #d8cfbb;background:#ffffff\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:#6c140f;font-size:10px;margin-bottom:8px\">Baptist Health<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;line-height:1.2;margin-bottom:8px\">Baptist Hospital of Miami<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:13.5px;line-height:1.6;color:#3a3a3a\">Kendall&rsquo;s flagship hospital, one of the largest emergency departments in South Florida by volume. Comprehensive specialist coverage, but high ER throughput compresses individual diagnostic workups.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"pa-card\" style=\"padding:22px 24px 20px 24px;border-right:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-bottom:1px solid #d8cfbb;background:#ffffff\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:#6c140f;font-size:10px;margin-bottom:8px\">HCA Florida<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;line-height:1.2;margin-bottom:8px\">Kendall Regional Medical Center<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:13.5px;line-height:1.6;color:#3a3a3a\">Level II trauma center with a high-acuity emergency department on Kendall Drive. Trauma triage and rapid disposition patterns generate a recurring set of diagnostic-error fact patterns.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"pa-card\" style=\"padding:22px 24px 20px 24px;border-right:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-bottom:1px solid #d8cfbb;background:#ffffff\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:#6c140f;font-size:10px;margin-bottom:8px\">Baptist Health<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;line-height:1.2;margin-bottom:8px\">West Kendall Baptist Hospital<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:13.5px;line-height:1.6;color:#3a3a3a\">Serves western Kendall and surrounding suburbs. Smaller emergency-department footprint than the flagship; transfer decisions to Baptist Miami or to specialty centers are themselves a recurring source of diagnostic-error claims.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"pa-card\" style=\"padding:22px 24px 20px 24px;border-right:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-bottom:1px solid #d8cfbb;background:#ffffff\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:#6c140f;font-size:10px;margin-bottom:8px\">HCA Florida<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;line-height:1.2;margin-bottom:8px\">HCA Florida Kendall Hospital<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:13.5px;line-height:1.6;color:#3a3a3a\">Acute-care hospital serving central Kendall, with a busy emergency department and a network-employed hospitalist model. Hand-off communication between ER and inpatient teams is frequently central in misdiagnosis matters.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"pa-card\" style=\"padding:22px 24px 20px 24px;border-right:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-bottom:1px solid #d8cfbb;background:#ffffff\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:#6c140f;font-size:10px;margin-bottom:8px\">Larkin Health<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;line-height:1.2;margin-bottom:8px\">Larkin Community Hospital<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:13.5px;line-height:1.6;color:#3a3a3a\">Community hospital serving South Miami and adjacent Kendall neighborhoods. Patient population skews older; missed sepsis, missed vascular events, and missed acute abdominal conditions present a recurring diagnostic profile.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"pa-card\" style=\"padding:22px 24px 20px 24px;border-right:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-bottom:1px solid #d8cfbb;background:#ffffff\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:#6c140f;font-size:10px;margin-bottom:8px\">Baptist Health<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;line-height:1.2;margin-bottom:8px\">Doctors Hospital (Coral Gables)<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:13.5px;line-height:1.6;color:#3a3a3a\">Within the Baptist network and within easy reach of eastern Kendall and Coral Gables. Smaller acuity profile than the Kendall flagships, with referral and transfer patterns that warrant their own scrutiny in diagnostic-error cases.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"font-size:12.5px;color:#6d6560;line-height:1.6;margin:0 0 56px 0;font-style:italic\">The volume across these six venues, plus standalone urgent-care and imaging facilities, means Kendall families face diagnostic decisions across a wider variety of provider types and information-handling systems than residents of less hospital-dense communities. Identifying which provider made which decision, and why, is the threshold investigation in any Kendall misdiagnosis case.<\/div>\n\n\n<p><!-- CHAPTER DIVIDER: \u00a7 02 --><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"section-divider-md\">\r\n<span class=\"section-sign\">&sect;<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"section-num\">02<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"section-label\">Diagnostic Venues<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"line\"><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><!-- SECTION 2: MAJOR KENDALL DIAGNOSTIC VENUES --><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"kendall-venues\" style=\"margin-bottom:16px\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\">02 &middot; Where Errors Happen<\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:32px;line-height:1.15;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;margin:8px 0 20px 0;letter-spacing:-0.3px\">Major Kendall diagnostic venues<\/h2>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.75;color:#3a3a3a;margin-bottom:32px\">Diagnostic errors in Kendall do not occur evenly across all settings. Four venue types account for the bulk of serious diagnostic-error claims that come into the Law Offices of Jorge L. Flores, P.A., from Kendall families. Each has its own pattern of error and its own evidentiary fingerprint.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(260px,1fr));gap:0;margin-bottom:48px;border-top:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-left:1px solid #d8cfbb\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"pa-card\" style=\"padding:22px 24px 20px 24px;border-right:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-bottom:1px solid #d8cfbb;background:#ffffff\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:#6c140f;font-size:10px;margin-bottom:8px\">01 &middot; Highest Volume<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;line-height:1.2;margin-bottom:8px\">Emergency Departments<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:13.5px;line-height:1.6;color:#3a3a3a\">Compressed timelines, incomplete histories, and triage anchoring make Kendall ERs the highest-volume venue for diagnostic-error claims. Strokes, heart attacks, sepsis, pulmonary embolism, and aortic dissection are the recurring missed conditions.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"pa-card\" style=\"padding:22px 24px 20px 24px;border-right:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-bottom:1px solid #d8cfbb;background:#ffffff\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:#6c140f;font-size:10px;margin-bottom:8px\">02 &middot; Long-Tail Errors<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;line-height:1.2;margin-bottom:8px\">Primary Care Offices<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:13.5px;line-height:1.6;color:#3a3a3a\">Cancers and chronic conditions develop slowly. The standard-of-care question turns on whether the primary-care physician should have ordered earlier imaging, referred to a specialist, or pursued the differential further when symptoms persisted across multiple visits.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"pa-card\" style=\"padding:22px 24px 20px 24px;border-right:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-bottom:1px solid #d8cfbb;background:#ffffff\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:#6c140f;font-size:10px;margin-bottom:8px\">03 &middot; The Image Itself<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;line-height:1.2;margin-bottom:8px\">Imaging Centers<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:13.5px;line-height:1.6;color:#3a3a3a\">Tumors, fractures, and bleeds missed on imaging that was actually performed. The radiology report is the central piece of evidence; comparison reads against prior studies frequently establish whether the abnormality should have been called.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"pa-card\" style=\"padding:22px 24px 20px 24px;border-right:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-bottom:1px solid #d8cfbb;background:#ffffff\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:#6c140f;font-size:10px;margin-bottom:8px\">04 &middot; Triage Failures<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;line-height:1.2;margin-bottom:8px\">Urgent Care Clinics<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:13.5px;line-height:1.6;color:#3a3a3a\">A growing segment of Kendall diagnostic-error cases. Standalone urgent-care centers triage patients who should have been escalated to an ER; missed cardiac, vascular, and infectious presentations are the dominant patterns.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><!-- CHAPTER DIVIDER: \u00a7 03 --><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"section-divider-md\">\r\n<span class=\"section-sign\">&sect;<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"section-num\">03<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"section-label\">Common Patterns<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"line\"><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><!-- SECTION 3: COMMON KENDALL MISDIAGNOSIS PATTERNS --><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"kendall-patterns\" style=\"margin-bottom:16px\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\">03 &middot; Recurring Fact Patterns<\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:32px;line-height:1.15;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;margin:8px 0 20px 0;letter-spacing:-0.3px\">Common patterns in Kendall misdiagnosis cases<\/h2>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.75;color:#3a3a3a;margin-bottom:32px\">Four fact patterns recur across Kendall misdiagnosis matters. They reflect the demographics of the community, the intake patterns at the major hospitals, and the diagnostic decisions that the data show are most often missed in this corridor.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:14px;margin:0 0 48px 0\">\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-top:3px solid #1B4F72;padding:22px 24px\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"font-size:10px;margin-bottom:8px;color:#1B4F72\">Pattern 01 &middot; Vascular<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:1.2\">Stroke missed in Kendall ERs<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:13.5px;line-height:1.65;color:#3a3a3a\">Atypical presentation (vertigo, headache, confusion) attributed to migraine or anxiety; the treatment window for thrombolytics passes before the stroke is recognized. Common across all three major Kendall ERs.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-top:3px solid #1B4F72;padding:22px 24px\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"font-size:10px;margin-bottom:8px;color:#1B4F72\">Pattern 02 &middot; Cardiac<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:1.2\">Cardiac symptoms in women dismissed<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:13.5px;line-height:1.65;color:#3a3a3a\">Atypical chest pain, fatigue, nausea, and shortness of breath in women attributed to anxiety, panic attack, or indigestion; the heart attack or pulmonary embolism is missed. The Kendall demographic profile makes this pattern recurrent.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-top:3px solid #1B4F72;padding:22px 24px\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"font-size:10px;margin-bottom:8px;color:#1B4F72\">Pattern 03 &middot; Infections<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:1.2\">Sepsis in elderly Kendall residents<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:13.5px;line-height:1.65;color:#3a3a3a\">Confusion, weakness, and falls in elderly patients attributed to dementia or age rather than to systemic infection. Sepsis becomes fatal within hours; failure to escalate antibiotic and supportive therapy is the recurring breach.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-top:3px solid #1B4F72;padding:22px 24px\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"font-size:10px;margin-bottom:8px;color:#1B4F72\">Pattern 04 &middot; Cancer<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:1.2\">Cancer staging delays from primary care<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:13.5px;line-height:1.65;color:#3a3a3a\">Symptoms reported across multiple visits to the same primary-care provider, attributed to less serious conditions, with imaging or specialist referral deferred until the cancer has progressed to a more advanced stage. Lung, breast, colorectal, and pancreatic are the most common.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><!-- CHAPTER DIVIDER: \u00a7 04 --><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"section-divider-md\">\r\n<span class=\"section-sign\">&sect;<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"section-num\">04<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"section-label\">Local Context<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"line\"><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><!-- SECTION 4: WHAT MAKES A KENDALL CASE --><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"kendall-case\" style=\"margin-bottom:16px\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\">04 &middot; Local Context<\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:32px;line-height:1.15;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;margin:8px 0 20px 0;letter-spacing:-0.3px\">What makes a Kendall misdiagnosis case<\/h2>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.75;color:#3a3a3a;margin-bottom:20px\">Three local factors recurrently shape Kendall misdiagnosis litigation. Each affects the records the firm needs, the experts who can speak to standard of care, and the strategic decisions made early in the case.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:1.25;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;margin:24px 0 12px 0\">Bilingual population and history-taking gaps<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.75;color:#3a3a3a;margin-bottom:20px\">Kendall has one of the largest Spanish-speaking patient populations in the country. History-taking through inadequate interpretation, or through family-member translation, omits the symptom detail that drives a correct differential. The medical record may state that the patient denied a particular symptom; the family will often say, in Spanish, that the patient described that exact symptom in detail. The discrepancy is the case. The Law Offices of Jorge L. Flores, P.A., conducts every Kendall intake in English or Spanish, with the family present, to surface those discrepancies before they are buried in defense-side discovery.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:1.25;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;margin:24px 0 12px 0\">Baptist network referrals and transfer decisions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.75;color:#3a3a3a;margin-bottom:20px\">Several of the major Kendall hospitals operate within the Baptist Health network, and West Kendall Baptist routinely transfers higher-acuity cases to Baptist Hospital of Miami. The decision to transfer, the timing of that transfer, and the diagnostic information transmitted with it are themselves recurring sources of liability. A patient who deteriorates during a delayed or improperly handed-off transfer is a Kendall case pattern with its own evidentiary profile; the transfer log, the call-record audit, and the receiving-facility intake notes all matter.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:1.25;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;margin:24px 0 12px 0\">Transfer patterns to UM and Jackson Memorial<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.75;color:#3a3a3a;margin-bottom:20px\">For the most acute neurological, cardiac, and pediatric cases, Kendall hospitals transfer to University of Miami Health System or Jackson Memorial. The timing of those transfer decisions, particularly when a Kendall ER held a stroke or evolving cardiac case before transferring, is a recurring causation question; whether the patient would have had a meaningfully better outcome with an earlier transfer is the analysis the <em>Gooding<\/em> 51 percent rule demands.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.75;color:#3a3a3a;margin-bottom:48px\">Kendall misdiagnosis cases are rarely about a single doctor making a single bad call. They are about how the diagnostic information moved, or failed to move, across providers, languages, and facilities. The Law Offices of Jorge L. Flores, P.A., investigates them with that institutional lens.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p><!-- MID-PAGE CTA --><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#F5F0E8;border:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-left:4px solid #1B4F72;padding:22px 28px;margin:0 0 48px 0;display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr auto;gap:24px;align-items:center\">\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:#1B4F72;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:10px\">If a Kendall Provider Missed Your Diagnosis<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:15.5px;line-height:1.5;color:#1a1a2e\">If a doctor at a Kendall hospital, primary-care office, urgent-care clinic, or imaging center missed or delayed your diagnosis, the Law Offices of Jorge L. Flores, P.A., will review your medical records at no cost. The firm is on Kendall Drive; in-person consultations are available in English or Spanish.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"\/contact\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#1B4F72;color:#ffffff;padding:12px 22px;font-size:13.5px;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;letter-spacing:0.5px;white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #1B4F72;flex-shrink:0\">Free Records Review &rarr;<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><!-- NAVY WHY CHOOSE BAND --><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"why-choose\" style=\"position:relative;background:#1B4F72;color:#ffffff;padding:48px 52px 44px 52px;margin:0 0 48px 0;overflow:hidden\">\r\n\r\n<svg style=\"position:absolute;top:-20px;right:-20px;opacity:0.1\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" viewBox=\"0 0 220 220\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n<line x1=\"20\" y1=\"110\" x2=\"80\" y2=\"110\" stroke=\"#ffffff\" stroke-width=\"1\"\/>\r\n<line x1=\"80\" y1=\"110\" x2=\"140\" y2=\"60\" stroke=\"#ffffff\" stroke-width=\"1\"\/>\r\n<line x1=\"80\" y1=\"110\" x2=\"140\" y2=\"110\" stroke=\"#ffffff\" stroke-width=\"1\"\/>\r\n<line x1=\"80\" y1=\"110\" x2=\"140\" y2=\"160\" stroke=\"#ffffff\" stroke-width=\"1\"\/>\r\n<line x1=\"140\" y1=\"60\" x2=\"200\" y2=\"40\" stroke=\"#ffffff\" stroke-width=\"1\"\/>\r\n<line x1=\"140\" y1=\"60\" x2=\"200\" y2=\"80\" stroke=\"#ffffff\" stroke-width=\"1\"\/>\r\n<line x1=\"140\" y1=\"110\" x2=\"200\" y2=\"110\" stroke=\"#ffffff\" stroke-width=\"1\"\/>\r\n<line x1=\"140\" y1=\"160\" x2=\"200\" y2=\"140\" stroke=\"#ffffff\" stroke-width=\"1\"\/>\r\n<line x1=\"140\" y1=\"160\" x2=\"200\" y2=\"180\" stroke=\"#ffffff\" stroke-width=\"1\"\/>\r\n<circle cx=\"20\" cy=\"110\" r=\"3\" fill=\"#ffffff\"\/>\r\n<circle cx=\"80\" cy=\"110\" r=\"3\" fill=\"#ffffff\"\/>\r\n<circle cx=\"140\" cy=\"60\" r=\"3\" fill=\"#ffffff\"\/>\r\n<circle cx=\"140\" cy=\"110\" r=\"3\" fill=\"#ffffff\"\/>\r\n<circle cx=\"140\" cy=\"160\" r=\"3\" fill=\"#ffffff\"\/>\r\n<\/svg>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:#9fb8d1;margin-bottom:18px\">05 &middot; Why Kendall Families Choose this Firm<\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:30px;line-height:1.15;font-weight:700;color:#ffffff;margin:0 0 24px 0;letter-spacing:-0.3px\">Four reasons Kendall families choose the Law Offices of Jorge L. Flores, P.A.<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:28px 40px;margin-top:28px\">\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;color:#ffffff;line-height:1.2;margin-bottom:8px\">Former defense-side perspective<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.7;color:#d4e4f7\">Before representing families, Jorge Flores represented Florida hospitals and physicians, including the institutions that deliver Kendall&rsquo;s diagnostic care. That insider perspective informs how the firm reads the chart and where the firm looks first.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;color:#ffffff;line-height:1.2;margin-bottom:8px\">Medical malpractice exclusively<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.7;color:#d4e4f7\">The firm handles medical malpractice cases exclusively. Kendall misdiagnosis litigation requires fluency with the prevailing standards across emergency medicine, primary care, oncology, neurology, and radiology; it is not a field for generalist personal-injury firms.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;color:#ffffff;line-height:1.2;margin-bottom:8px\">Kendall Drive office<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.7;color:#d4e4f7\">The firm is located on Kendall Drive, roughly 1.3 miles from Baptist Hospital of Miami. In-person consultations are available; the firm meets with families where families are.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;color:#ffffff;line-height:1.2;margin-bottom:8px\">Bilingual representation<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.7;color:#d4e4f7\">Every stage of every Kendall case is handled in English or Spanish, from intake through resolution. The firm is structured for the linguistic reality of the community it serves.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><!-- CHAPTER DIVIDER: \u00a7 06 --><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"section-divider-md\">\r\n<span class=\"section-sign\">&sect;<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"section-num\">06<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"section-label\">Past Results<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"line\"><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><!-- SECTION 6: PAST RESULTS --><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"results\" style=\"margin-bottom:16px\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\">06 &middot; Past Results<\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:26px;line-height:1.2;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;margin:8px 0 8px 0\">Selected case results<\/h2>\r\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 28px 0;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#6d6560\">Recent diagnostic-error matters from the Law Offices of Jorge L. Flores, P.A. See our <a href=\"\/case-results\/\" style=\"color:#1B4F72;font-weight:600\">full Case Results page<\/a> for additional matters.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(240px,1fr));gap:0;margin-bottom:18px;border-top:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-left:1px solid #d8cfbb\">\r\n\r\n<div style=\"padding:26px 28px;border-right:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-bottom:1px solid #d8cfbb;background:#F5F0E8;border-top:3px solid #6c140f\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:#6c140f;margin-bottom:10px\">Verdict &middot; Hospital Negligence<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:38px;font-weight:700;color:#1B4F72;line-height:1;margin-bottom:14px;letter-spacing:-1px\">$12.25M<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:13.5px;line-height:1.55;color:#3a3a3a\">Failure to diagnose ischemic stroke, resulting in catastrophic permanent injuries. Same-specialty experts established the standard-of-care breach and the <em>Gooding<\/em> causation threshold.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"padding:26px 28px;border-right:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-bottom:1px solid #d8cfbb;background:#ffffff\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:#6d6560;margin-bottom:10px\">Resolution &middot; Delayed Diagnosis<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:38px;font-weight:700;color:#1B4F72;line-height:1;margin-bottom:14px;letter-spacing:-1px\">$8.25M<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:13.5px;line-height:1.55;color:#3a3a3a\">Failure to timely diagnose evolving stroke. Diagnostic momentum carried an initial misimpression forward across multiple shifts before the correct diagnosis was made.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"padding:26px 28px;border-right:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-bottom:1px solid #d8cfbb;background:#ffffff\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:#6d6560;margin-bottom:10px\">Resolution &middot; Hematology<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:38px;font-weight:700;color:#1B4F72;line-height:1;margin-bottom:14px;letter-spacing:-1px\">$4.25M<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:13.5px;line-height:1.55;color:#3a3a3a\">Failure to timely diagnose and treat thrombocytopenia. Laboratory audit trail and the documented sequence of missed alerts were central.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"padding:12px 2px 0 2px;font-size:11.5px;line-height:1.55;color:#6d6560;font-style:italic;margin-bottom:48px\">Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case is different and must be evaluated on its own merits; past results are not a guarantee of future outcomes. Information presented here was not reviewed or approved by The Florida Bar. The information was provided by the Law Offices of Jorge L. Flores, P.A., 7700 N Kendall Drive, Suite 708, Miami, Florida 33156. Jorge L. Flores, Esq. is responsible for content; Florida Bar No. 53244.<\/div>\n\n\n<p><!-- REPUTATION 2x2 --><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"reputation\" style=\"margin-bottom:56px\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"margin-bottom:14px\">07 &middot; Reputation &amp; Peer Recognition<\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:28px;line-height:1.2;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;margin:0 0 12px 0;letter-spacing:-0.3px\">Recognized by peers, rated by clients<\/h2>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px;line-height:1.65;color:#3a3a3a;margin:0 0 32px 0\">The Law Offices of Jorge L. Flores, P.A., is peer-reviewed by fellow Florida attorneys and publicly rated by clients. The recognitions below reflect independent third-party evaluation of the firm&rsquo;s misdiagnosis and medical-malpractice practice.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:18px;margin-bottom:18px\">\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;background:#F5F0E8;border:1px solid #d8cfbb;padding:30px 32px 28px 32px;overflow:hidden\">\r\n<svg style=\"position:absolute;top:-10px;left:12px;opacity:0.12;pointer-events:none\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" viewBox=\"0 0 70 70\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n<text x=\"35\" y=\"62\" font-family=\"Georgia,serif\" font-size=\"90\" font-weight=\"700\" fill=\"#6c140f\" text-anchor=\"middle\">&ldquo;<\/text>\r\n<\/svg>\r\n<div style=\"position:relative\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:#6d6560;margin-bottom:14px;font-size:10px\">Peer Review &middot; Fellow Attorney<\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-style:italic;font-size:16px;line-height:1.55;color:#1a1a2e;margin:0 0 16px 0\">&ldquo;Jorge is an exemplary attorney who embodies the personification of self-respect and the respect of others. His knowledge of the law and the application of the law to achieve the best results for his clients is absolutely amazing.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:12px;color:#1a1a2e\">\r\n<span style=\"width:20px;height:1px;background:#6c140f\"><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight:700\">Fellow Florida Attorney<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color:#6d6560\">&middot; via Martindale-Hubbell<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;background:#F5F0E8;border:1px solid #d8cfbb;padding:30px 32px 28px 32px;overflow:hidden\">\r\n<svg style=\"position:absolute;top:-10px;left:12px;opacity:0.12;pointer-events:none\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" viewBox=\"0 0 70 70\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n<text x=\"35\" y=\"62\" font-family=\"Georgia,serif\" font-size=\"90\" font-weight=\"700\" fill=\"#6c140f\" text-anchor=\"middle\">&ldquo;<\/text>\r\n<\/svg>\r\n<div style=\"position:relative\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:#6d6560;margin-bottom:14px;font-size:10px\">Peer Review &middot; Fellow Attorney<\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-style:italic;font-size:16px;line-height:1.55;color:#1a1a2e;margin:0 0 16px 0\">&ldquo;Dedicated to seeking justice with hard work, preparation, and high ethical standards. Excellent litigation skills.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:12px;color:#1a1a2e\">\r\n<span style=\"width:20px;height:1px;background:#6c140f\"><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight:700\">Fellow Florida Attorney<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color:#6d6560\">&middot; via Martindale-Hubbell<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:18px;margin-bottom:18px\">\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-top:3px solid #6c140f;padding:30px 32px 28px 32px;display:flex;align-items:center;gap:20px\">\r\n<svg width=\"64\" height=\"64\" viewBox=\"0 0 64 64\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" style=\"flex-shrink:0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n<circle cx=\"32\" cy=\"32\" r=\"28\" stroke=\"#1B4F72\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" fill=\"#F5F0E8\"\/>\r\n<circle cx=\"32\" cy=\"32\" r=\"22\" stroke=\"#1B4F72\" stroke-width=\"1\" fill=\"none\" opacity=\"0.4\"\/>\r\n<text x=\"32\" y=\"30\" font-family=\"Georgia,serif\" font-size=\"16\" font-weight=\"700\" fill=\"#1B4F72\" text-anchor=\"middle\">AV<\/text>\r\n<text x=\"32\" y=\"42\" font-family=\"Georgia,serif\" font-size=\"7\" font-weight=\"700\" fill=\"#1B4F72\" text-anchor=\"middle\" letter-spacing=\"1\">PREEMINENT<\/text>\r\n<path d=\"M 20 50 L 32 56 L 44 50\" stroke=\"#6c140f\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n<\/svg>\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:#6d6560;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:10px\">Martindale-Hubbell<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;line-height:1.2;margin-bottom:6px\">AV Preeminent&reg; Rated<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.55;color:#3a3a3a\">The highest peer rating for legal ability and professional ethics, based on confidential peer reviews from other attorneys and judges.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #d8cfbb;border-top:3px solid #6c140f;padding:30px 32px 28px 32px;display:flex;align-items:center;gap:20px\">\r\n<div style=\"flex-shrink:0;text-align:center\">\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:42px;font-weight:700;color:#1B4F72;line-height:0.9;letter-spacing:-2px\">4.9<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"color:#6c140f;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:1px;margin-top:4px\">&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:#6d6560;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:10px\">Client Rating<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;line-height:1.2;margin-bottom:6px\">30 Google Reviews<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.55;color:#3a3a3a\">Average 4.9 out of 5 stars across the firm&rsquo;s full practice history on Google.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"padding:14px 0 0 0;font-size:11.5px;line-height:1.55;color:#6d6560;font-style:italic\">Peer reviews reflect the professional opinion of other attorneys, not a prediction of case outcome. Florida Bar rules prohibit lawyer testimonials that create unjustified expectations about results; every case is evaluated on its own merits.<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><!-- FAQS --><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"faqs\" style=\"position:relative;margin-bottom:16px;overflow:hidden\">\r\n<svg style=\"position:absolute;top:-8px;right:-8px;opacity:0.05;pointer-events:none\" width=\"110\" height=\"120\" viewBox=\"0 0 110 120\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n<text x=\"55\" y=\"100\" font-family=\"Georgia,serif\" font-size=\"130\" font-weight=\"700\" fill=\"#6c140f\" text-anchor=\"middle\">?<\/text>\r\n<\/svg>\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;z-index:1\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\">08 &middot; Common Questions<\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:32px;line-height:1.15;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;margin:8px 0 32px 0;letter-spacing:-0.3px\">Kendall misdiagnosis FAQs<\/h2>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:56px\">\r\n\r\n<details class=\"faq-ed\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\r\n<summary>Which Kendall hospital handles the most misdiagnosis claims?<\/summary>\r\n<div class=\"faq-answer\">Volume tracks emergency-department traffic. Baptist Hospital of Miami, Kendall Regional Medical Center, and HCA Florida Kendall Hospital have the three highest ER volumes in the corridor and account for the majority of Kendall ER misdiagnosis matters that reach the firm. West Kendall Baptist, Larkin Community Hospital, and Doctors Hospital each contribute their own pattern of cases reflecting their patient population and acuity profile.<\/div>\r\n<\/details>\r\n\r\n<details class=\"faq-ed\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\r\n<summary>Can I sue an ER doctor in Kendall for misdiagnosis?<\/summary>\r\n<div class=\"faq-answer\">Yes. Kendall ER misdiagnosis is a recurring fact pattern. Common claims involve missed strokes, missed heart attacks, missed pulmonary embolism, missed sepsis, and missed aortic dissection. ER cases often involve multiple defendants including the hospital itself, hospital-employed emergency groups, and contracted emergency-medicine staffing companies. The firm conducts the records investigation that identifies which provider made which decision and at which institution.<\/div>\r\n<\/details>\r\n\r\n<details class=\"faq-ed\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\r\n<summary>What if my primary-care doctor in Kendall missed my cancer?<\/summary>\r\n<div class=\"faq-answer\">Cancer-staging delays from primary care are a distinct Kendall pattern. The standard-of-care question turns on whether the primary-care physician should have ordered earlier imaging, referred to a specialist, or pursued the differential further when symptoms persisted across multiple visits. Florida law requires that the underlying condition had a greater than 50 percent chance of recovery before the diagnostic failure under <em>Gooding<\/em>; staging at diagnosis is therefore the central evidentiary question.<\/div>\r\n<\/details>\r\n\r\n<details class=\"faq-ed\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\r\n<summary>Does the firm handle Spanish-language Kendall cases?<\/summary>\r\n<div class=\"faq-answer\">Every stage of every Kendall case is handled in English or Spanish, from intake through resolution. The firm conducts records review, expert consultation, deposition preparation, and trial work in both languages. Discrepancies between what a Spanish-speaking patient described and what the chart records are themselves frequent evidentiary issues; the firm is structured to surface those discrepancies early.<\/div>\r\n<\/details>\r\n\r\n<details class=\"faq-ed\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\r\n<summary>What is the deadline for filing a Kendall misdiagnosis case?<\/summary>\r\n<div class=\"faq-answer\">Two years from the date the injury was discovered or should have been discovered, with a four-year outer limit from the date of the negligent act under Fla. Stat. &sect; 95.11(4)(b). A fraud or concealment exception extends the deadline up to seven years. Children injured at birth have through their eighth birthday under Tony&rsquo;s Law. The pre-suit investigation under &sect; 766.106 alone takes ninety days, so the practical filing window is shorter than the statutory deadline suggests.<\/div>\r\n<\/details>\r\n\r\n<details class=\"faq-ed\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\r\n<summary>What does it cost to hire a Kendall misdiagnosis lawyer?<\/summary>\r\n<div class=\"faq-answer\">The Law Offices of Jorge L. Flores, P.A., handles misdiagnosis cases on a contingency basis. Families pay no attorney fee unless the firm recovers. Case costs (same-specialty experts, records, depositions, filing fees), which can exceed $100,000 in complex misdiagnosis cases, are advanced by the firm and deducted from the recovery. Florida Bar rules govern the maximum contingency percentage. The initial consultation is free.<\/div>\r\n<\/details>\r\n\r\n<details class=\"faq-ed\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\r\n<summary>What happens if my Kendall case was transferred to UM or Jackson?<\/summary>\r\n<div class=\"faq-answer\">Transfers from Kendall hospitals to University of Miami Health System or Jackson Memorial are themselves evidentiary issues. The timing of the transfer decision, the diagnostic information transmitted with it, and whether an earlier transfer would have produced a meaningfully better outcome are central questions. The transfer log, the call-record audit, and the receiving-facility intake notes are all key records the firm pulls in these cases.<\/div>\r\n<\/details>\r\n\r\n<details class=\"faq-ed\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\r\n<summary>Where is the firm&rsquo;s Kendall office located?<\/summary>\r\n<div class=\"faq-answer\">The Law Offices of Jorge L. Flores, P.A., is located at 7700 N Kendall Drive, Suite 708, Miami, Florida 33156, on Kendall Drive roughly 1.3 miles from Baptist Hospital of Miami. In-person consultations are available in English or Spanish. The initial consultation is free and confidential.<\/div>\r\n<\/details>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><!-- NEIGHBORHOOD GRID --><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:48px\">\r\n<div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"margin-bottom:14px\">Serving All of Kendall<\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:26px;line-height:1.2;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a2e;margin:0 0 16px 0\">Kendall misdiagnosis representation by neighborhood<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px;line-height:1.7;color:#3a3a3a;margin:0 0 20px 0\">The firm represents families across Kendall and the adjacent communities below. 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