Bradley P. Blystone | Partner/Shareholder

Bradley P. Blystone joined Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin in 2005 as a shareholder in its Orlando, Florida, office, where he practices in the areas of medical negligence, premises liability, automobile liability, and professional negligence. In 2008, he assumed the role of supervising attorney for the Healthcare Liability Group in the firm's Florida offices.

Brad has 19 years of experience handling high-exposure medical malpractice cases in Florida. He has litigated numerous multi-party actions over the years, especially involving medical negligence claims.

In one instance, he brought a complex, multi-party actuarial case to successful resolution with a low payment by his client. The initial exposure was estimated in excess of $10 million.

In another, he resolved a brain damaged baby case after successfully striking the plaintiffs' expert with a Frye motion on eve of trial. The plaintiffs initially demanded in excess of $23 million, and the case was resolved for a low six-figure amount after striking the plaintiffs' expert.

Brad has successfully qualified five catastrophic brain damaged baby cases under Florida's Birth-Related Neurologically Injured Compensation Act. Each case had a potential of millions to tens of millions exposure to his client. There was no indemnity payment by his client on any of the cases.

He has handled an appeal which established the law in the state of Florida that an Administrative Law Judge applying the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act has exclusive jurisdiction to decide notice, as well as compensability issues.  Additionally, he established applicable law in the State of Florida extending Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation benefits to infants suffering post-birth resuscitative injuries thereby precluding lawsuits against hospitals for those injuries.

A representative list of the entities Brad has handled matters for includes a multi-facility hospital chain in Orlando for 17 years; a large multi-national human resources consulting firm; the largest ambulance service in Central Florida; a city in auto liability cases for four years; the largest medical center in Volusia County for seven years; various property management companies in premises liability cases; a specialty insurance company in mental health claims; and a large professional liability insurance company in long term health claims.

Brad is a frequent lecturer on medical topics including confidentiality of medical records, informed consent, and end of life issues.

He is admitted to practice before all state courts in Florida, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Florida Bar, Orange County Bar, Central Florida Medical Malpractice Claims Council, Florida Defense Lawyers Association, and the Defense Research Institute.

Brad obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Miami in 1988, graduating Cum Laude with General Honors. While earning majors in both English and Politics & Public Affairs, Brad's scholastic achievements were recognized by his induction as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Following his undergraduate studies, Brad attended the University of Florida College of Law, earning his Juris Doctorate degree in 1991. In law school, he earned a Book Award in Legal Research & Writing and also acted as a teaching fellow in Criminal Law.

In 1991, he began his law career at the law firm of Adams, Hill, Reis, Adams, Hall & Schieffelin in Orlando, Florida, concentrating in the area of medical malpractice defense. From 1994 through 2005, he continued his defense work at the law firm of Mateer & Harbert, still concentrating in the area of medical malpractice defense while also expanding his capability into the fields of automobile negligence, premises liability, and complex tort actions.

Brad was a Board Member of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Northern Florida for a number of years. He is also a coach for the Catholic Youth League Flag Football and the Catholic Youth League Basketball.