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When your baby’s cry for help went unanswered
Your baby was struggling. The monitors showed it. The nurses documented it. Yet the medical team at HCA Florida Kendall Hospital waited too long to perform the emergency C-section that could have prevented everything. Now you’re watching your child face challenges that proper medical care would have avoided. This isn’t just heartbreaking it’s medical malpractice.
Jorge L. Flores has spent decades holding Kendall hospitals accountable when their delays cause permanent harm. The Law Offices of Jorge L. Flores understands that behind every case is a family whose life changed in minutes because someone didn’t act fast enough. We know the specific protocols at Kendall’s hospitals, we speak your language literally, with full Spanish services for our community and we fight for the millions your child needs for lifetime care. Call (305)528-2221 today because evidence disappears quickly.
What fetal distress really means for your family
Fetal distress happens when your baby isn’t getting enough oxygen during labor. Doctors now call it “non reassuring fetal status” but what matters is this: when your baby’s heart rate drops below 110 or spikes above 160, when those dips happen during contractions, or when movement stops, your medical team has minutes to act. Not hours. Minutes. Oxygen loss starts damaging brain cells in just ten minutes.
Complete cutoff for 25 minutes is usually fatal. The doctors and nurses monitoring your delivery know these timelines. They’re trained to recognize Category III patterns that demand immediate delivery. When they see late decelerations or bradycardia below 100 lasting more than three minutes, they know your baby needs out now. Yet sometimes they wait. They debate. They try other interventions first. And in those wasted minutes, your child’s future changes forever.
The injuries that shouldn’t have happened
When medical teams fail to act on fetal distress, the lack of oxygen causes catastrophic damage that affects everything. Cerebral palsy means your child may never walk independently, never speak clearly, never care for themselves. The most severe form – spastic quadriplegia affects all four limbs and often requires round-the-clock care forever. Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, or HIE, is the medical term for brain damage from oxygen loss. Stage 3 HIE can leave children in comas or with severe disabilities that no amount of therapy can fully fix.
Beyond these diagnoses, your child might face intellectual disabilities that limit their education, seizures requiring daily medication, vision problems ranging from tunnel vision to blindness, or behavioral challenges that make every day a struggle. What makes this harder is knowing it was preventable that a faster response could have given your child a normal life.
Your rights under Florida law
Florida gives you more time than most states when birth injuries strike. While typical medical malpractice claims must be filed within two years, birth injury cases are different. You have until your child’s eighth birthday to file because Florida lawmakers understand that cerebral palsy and brain damage often aren’t diagnosed immediately. This extension under Florida Statute 95.11 protects families who don’t realize until their child misses developmental milestones that the delivery room delays caused permanent harm.
You can hold multiple parties responsible such as the obstetrician who ignored the warning signs, nurses who didn’t escalate concerns, the hospital that understaffed the maternity ward, even the neonatologist who didn’t properly resuscitate your baby. Jorge L. Flores pursues everyone whose negligence contributed to your child’s injuries, maximizing the compensation available for your family’s future.
Proving what the hospital won’t admit
Medical malpractice requires proving four things: the healthcare provider owed you proper care, they failed to provide it, their failure caused injury, and you suffered real damages. The fetal monitoring strips are your strongest evidence – they record every heartbeat, every deceleration, every moment your baby needed help. Jorge L. Flores brings in nationally recognized obstetric experts who read these strips and testify about exactly when intervention should have happened.
Your medical records tell the complete story. Prenatal records show risk factors. Labor notes reveal when nurses recognized problems. Time stamps prove delays. Apgar scores document your baby’s condition at birth. Cord blood gases confirm oxygen deprivation. Later brain scans show the permanent damage. These aren’t opinions – they’re facts recorded by the hospital’s own systems. Our experts explain to juries in plain English why your child’s injuries were completely preventable with proper care.
What your case is truly worth
Birth injury settlements in Florida average over one million dollars, but severe cases involving lifetime care needs often reach much higher. National verdicts show what juries award when they see clear negligence: $36.7 million for Pitocin misuse causing severe cerebral palsy, $18.7 million for delayed delivery, $14.5 million for improper monitoring. These amounts reflect reality; your child needs surgeries, medications, wheelchairs, home modifications, special education, therapy multiple times weekly, and eventually adult care facilities.
Jorge L. Flores works with life care planners who calculate every expense from now through your child’s life expectancy. Economic experts factor in your lost wages from becoming a caregiver and your child’s inability to ever work. While Florida has some damage caps, courts often don’t enforce them for catastrophic injuries. The Law Offices of Jorge L. Flores fights for every dollar your family needs.
Why Kendall families trust Jorge L. Flores
Jorge L. Flores isn’t just another lawyer advertising on billboards. He’s built his practice specifically serving Kendall’s diverse community, providing fully bilingual services for the 64% of residents who speak Spanish at home. He knows that immigrant families often fear challenging powerful institutions, worried about attention or retaliation. But he’s earned trust by delivering results while respecting cultural values and protecting privacy.
Unlike massive firms that treat you like a case number, the Law Offices of Jorge L. Flores provides personal attention from day one. Jorge knows the specific doctors at HCA Florida Kendall Hospital and Baptist Health West Kendall. He understands their protocols, their common defenses, their insurance companies’ tactics. This local knowledge combined with resources to hire the nation’s best experts levels the playing field against hospital corporations with unlimited legal budgets.
Take action now evidence won’t wait
Every day you wait makes proving your case harder. Fetal monitoring strips can be overwritten. Nurses transfer to other hospitals. Memories fade. The Law Offices of Jorge L. Flores immediately preserves all evidence, secures complete medical records, and begins building your case with expert reviews. We handle everything while you focus on your child’s care.
The consultation is free. Jorge L. Flores works on contingency, meaning you pay nothing unless we win. We advance all costs – expert fees, filing fees, everything – so money never prevents you from seeking justice. Your family has already paid too high a price for someone else’s negligence. Don’t let them get away with it. Call (305)528-2221 right now. Jorge L. Flores will review exactly what happened during your delivery, explain your rights clearly, and start fighting for the compensation your child desperately needs. Se habla español.
Common Questions Families Ask
How much time do I really have to file in Florida? You have until your child’s eighth birthday to file their claim, even though standard medical malpractice cases require filing within two years. This special protection exists because brain injuries from oxygen deprivation might not show symptoms until your child misses milestones like walking or talking. However, your own claims as parents for emotional distress must be filed within two years. Don’t wait; the sooner Jorge L. Flores investigates, the stronger your case becomes. Evidence gets lost, witnesses forget details, and hospitals have lawyers working to protect themselves from day one.
What if my child wasn’t diagnosed with cerebral palsy until age three? Florida’s discovery rule protects families in exactly this situation. The clock starts when you knew or should have known through reasonable diligence that medical malpractice possibly caused your child’s condition. Many children don’t receive cerebral palsy diagnoses until they clearly miss developmental milestones around age two or three. The Law Offices of Jorge L. Flores can file your claim even years after delivery if you’ve just discovered the connection between delivery complications and your child’s diagnosis.
How do I prove the doctors should have acted faster? The fetal monitoring strips recorded everything – every heartbeat, every deceleration, every warning sign. Medical experts that Jorge L. Flores brings in can pinpoint the exact moment your baby showed distress and when intervention became mandatory. If monitors showed severe decelerations at 2:15 PM but the C-section didn’t start until 3:00 PM, that 45 minute delay proves negligence. Hospital records, nurse notes, and time stamps create an undeniable timeline showing your medical team ignored clear warnings that any competent doctor would have acted on immediately.
Will this cost me anything upfront? Nothing. Zero. The Law Offices of Jorge L. Flores works entirely on contingency. Jorge advances every cost – expert witness fees that can reach $50,000, medical record retrieval, court filing fees, deposition costs, everything needed to build your case. You only pay if we win through settlement or verdict, typically 33-40% of recovery plus costs. This arrangement ensures that every family, regardless of finances, can fight back against hospitals with unlimited resources. Your child’s future shouldn’t depend on what you can afford today.
Contact the Law Offices of Jorge L. Flores at (305)528-2221. Your child’s future can’t wait.
About This Page
Who created this content: This page was written by Jorge L. Flores, P.A., Florida Bar Member 53244, and was reviewed by our legal team for accuracy and compliance with current Florida law.
How this page was prepared: The content was developed based on 30+ years of medical malpractice case experience in Miami-Dade County, a review of current Florida statutes, and adherence to Florida Bar advertising guidelines. Medical standards referenced were verified with board-certified physicians.
Why this page exists: To provide Kendall residents with accurate, accessible information about their legal rights after medical negligence, and to explain the malpractice claims process in clear, understandable terms.
Last reviewed: Oct, 2 2025
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