REHAB MALPRACTICE LAW
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Accountability for the Harm That Should Never Have Happened
We fight for survivors, families, and loved ones harmed by unsafe or negligent treatment centers — and as Florida’s only lawyers focused exclusively on rehab-related harm, we know how to hold these facilities accountable.
✔ 40+ years of combined legal and clinical insight
✔ Proven results in complex rehab negligence cases
✔ Deep understanding of treatment industry failures
✔ Florida’s only rehab-focused law firm
Children Who Lose a Parent Due to Facility Negligence
When a parent enters treatment, their children trust the facility to keep them safe. Losing a parent this way is heartbreaking, and often preventable.
How negligence happens:
Critical medical or emotional risks ignored
Underqualified staff making dangerous decisions
Failure to respond to relapse, withdrawal, or distress
Environments that leave vulnerable adults unprotected
If a facility’s negligence left a child without a parent, we’ll help your family seek justice and lasting change.
Inappropriate Relationships with Staff or Caretakers
Patients in treatment are vulnerable, in crisis, and looking for guidance. Staff are in a position of power — and any romantic, sexual, or boundary-crossing relationship is exploitation, not connection.
How negligence happens:
Therapists or techs forming personal or sexual relationships
Staff grooming or manipulating patients in crisis
Facilities allowing unchecked contact or ignoring complaints
Predatory behavior disguised as “support” or “connection”
If a treatment provider crossed boundaries or pursued a patient, we will help you take action and protect your rights.
Mis-management of Medically Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Medication-assisted treatment can save lives — but only when managed correctly. Stopping or changing MAT without medical oversight can trigger severe withdrawal, relapse, or worse.
How negligence happens:
MAT abruptly stopped without medical planning
Withdrawal symptoms ignored or untreated
Incorrect dosing that destabilizes recovery
Relapse triggered by unsafe medication changes
If a facility mismanaged your MAT or that of someone you love, we'll help you understand what went wrong and pursue accountability.
Misdiagnosis & Medication Errors in Rehab
Treatment centers must evaluate, diagnose, and medicate patients safely. When they don’t, the results can be dangerous, even life-altering.
How negligence happens:
Incorrect diagnoses or rushed clinical assessments
Wrong medication or dangerous drug combinations
Allergies ignored or improperly recorded
Treatment plans copied or not tailored to the patient
If you or a loved one were harmed by misdiagnosis or medication errors, we will help you understand what went wrong and what your options are.
Negligent Hiring of Untrained or Unsafe Staff
Treatment centers are only as safe as the people they hire. When facilities skip background checks, ignore red flags, or hire unqualified staff, patients pay the price.
How negligence happens:
Facilities hiring untrained or unqualified workers
Staff with active substance use or misconduct issues
Abusive or negligent behavior ignored by management
No supervision, screening, or background checks
If you or a loved one were harmed by unfit or dangerous staff, we're ready to hold the facility accountable.
Overdose Inside the Facility
When someone enters treatment, drugs should be the last thing they have access to. But when facilities fail to screen visitors, monitor patients, or maintain secure environments, overdoses happen — inside the very place meant to keep people safe.
How negligence happens:
Staff fail to monitor or prevent drugs entering the facility
Lax supervision allows high-risk patients access to substances
No response plan when overdose warning signs appear
Unsafe environments that enable relapse or drug use on-site
If you or someone you love overdosed inside a facility, we’ll help you uncover what went wrong and pursue accountability.
Parents Who Lost a Child in Treatment
You trusted a rehab program to protect your child during crisis. Instead, they failed in their most basic duty.
How negligence happens:
Inadequate supervision during detox or early recovery
Understaffed or untrained personnel making critical decisions
Warning signs of medical or emotional distress ignored
Unsafe or negligent environments that endanger young people
If your child didn’t come home from treatment, you are not to blame — and we are here to fight for your family with compassion and strength.
Sexual Assault or Battery by Another Patient
Patients in treatment are vulnerable. Facilities must protect them from others who pose a risk. When they don’t, the consequences can be life-changing.
How negligence happens:
No screening for violent or predatory behavior
Unsafe housing or poor supervision in shared spaces
Complaints or red flags ignored by staff
High-risk patients placed with vulnerable individuals
If you or someone you love was harmed by another patient, we’re here to support you and pursue the accountability you deserve.
Sexual Assault or Unwanted Touching by Staff
Sexual misconduct inside treatment is a profound violation of trust. You deserved safety, respect, and dignity — not abuse.
How negligence happens:
Staff using their authority to manipulate or pressure patients
Unsupervised one-on-one access with vulnerable individuals
Prior complaints ignored or covered up
Lack of training, screening, or boundaries within the program
If this happened to you or someone you love, you are not alone. You deserve to be heard, believed, and protected.
Unsafe or Hazardous Housing Conditions
Sober living homes and recovery residences should provide structure and safety. When they don't monitor drug use, screen residents, or maintain safe conditions, people die.
How negligence happens:
Drug use or dealing inside the home
No supervision or safety monitoring
Overdoses happening regularly without intervention
Unsafe neighborhoods with known risks ignored
If a sober living home or recovery residence failed to protect you or someone you love, we will fight to hold them responsible.
Unsafe or Negligent Discharge from Treatment
No patient should ever be abandoned, stranded, or forced out without a safe plan — especially during active addiction or withdrawal.
How negligence happens:
Patients kicked out after a drug test without support
Discharged at night with no transportation or safe place to go
No coordination with family, providers, or emergency services
Left vulnerable to relapse, overdose, or exploitation
If you or your loved one were put in danger after an unsafe discharge, we’re ready to help you hold the facility accountable.
Wrongful Death in Detox & Treatment Centers
Losing someone in treatment is a devastating betrayal. Your loved one entered care for safety — not harm.
How negligence happens:
Withdrawal symptoms ignored or poorly managed
Medications misused, missed, or given incorrectly
Drugs brought in by other patients or unmonitored visitors
Unqualified staff responding to medical emergencies
No family should ever experience this loss. If your loved one died under a facility’s care, we’re here to help you seek answers and justice.