Andrea L. Diederich

Andrea is a shareholder in the Health Care Department in the firms' Orlando office. Admitted to the Florida Bar in 2008, Andrea focuses her practice on the defense of matters involving medical malpractice, premises liability and long-term care. She represents hospitals, physicians, nurses, therapists and assisted living facilities in health care liability matters. Andrea is a member of the Florida Bar, the Orange County Bar Association and the Central Florida Medical Malpractice Claims Council.

Prior to joining Marshall Dennehey, Andrea was a defense attorney with the law firm of Wicker Smith, focusing her practice on high-exposure medical malpractice cases, premises liability and automobile negligence. Andrea was also a paralegal for seven years at a plaintiff's law firm specializing in complex medical malpractice cases.

Andrea is native of Peru and is fluent in Spanish. She has traveled extensively and studied in Madrid, Spain. In 2001, Andrea earned a Bachelor of Arts in international relations and foreign languages from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. She received her juris doctor from Florida A&M University College of Law in December of 2007.

Honors & awards

AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell

Year joined

2010

Results

Defense Verdict in Theme Park Slip-and-Fall

Amusements, Sports and Recreation Liability
April 21, 2016

Obtained a defense verdict in favor of a major Orlando theme park following a seven-day jury trial. The plaintiff alleged that he slipped and fell on the handle of an unattended dustpan in the bathroom of a park pavilion. He was subsequently diagnosed with avascular necrosis of the right hip, permanent back pain, and memory problems from post-concussion syndrome. A core decompression surgery was performed on his right hip but failed to alleviate his pain.

Thought Leadership

Marshall Dennehey Announces 2019 Shareholder Class and Special Counsel Promotions

January 2, 2019
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin is pleased to announce that 13 associates and two special counsel have been elevated to shareholder. Additionally, the firm has promoted four associates to the position of special counsel.

Third DCA holds that Florida statutes do not impose on hospitals a non-delegable duty to provide non-negligent emergency room care, and certifies conflict with Fourth DCA.

Health Care Liability
July 1, 2019
The Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District, affirmed dismissal of an estate’s claims against a hospital where the decedent received emergency care. Case Law Alerts, 3rd Quarter, July 2019

Florida Supreme Court strikes down as unconstitutional legislative amendments that permitted medical malpractice defendants to conduct ex parte interviews with plaintiffs’ treating health care providers.

Health Care Liability
January 19, 2018
In a sharply divided 4-3 decision, the Florida Supreme Court struck in its entirety 766.1065(3)(E) of the mandatory HIPAA authorization which a plaintiff is required to provide to a defendant during pre-suit. Case Law Alerts, 1st Quarter, January 2018

Effective Communication Strategies For Deaf Patients

Orlando
Health Care Liability
September 12, 2017

ADA and RA claim reversed. Lower court applied wrong standard for effective communication when considering plaintiffs did not prove communication difficulties resulted in misdiagnosis, incorrect treatment or other adverse medical consequences.

Health Care Liability
July 1, 2017
The plaintiffs, two profoundly deaf patients, alleged that on numerous occasions they presented at the defendants’ hospitals but could not communicate effectively with hospital staff because of the absence of certain auxiliary aids or servic Case Law Alerts, 3rd Quarter, July 2017

Court affirms dismissal of medical malpractice claim with prejudice due to the running of the statute of limitations, based on assertions made in notice of intent regarding the date plaintiff became aware of the negligence.

Health Care Liability
July 19, 2016
The Second District Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of the plaintiff’s medical malpractice complaint as untimely because she failed to file it within two years of when she became aware of the possibility that medical negligence had occur Case Law Alerts, 3rd Quarter, July 2016

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