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Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Claims Needle Left In Plaintiff During Childbirth 15 Years Ago

January 7, 2019

A medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed in Florida alleging that when the plaintiff was giving birth to her son fifteen years ago at a naval hospital in Florida, a needle broke off and was left in her spine during administration of anesthesia, but the medical providers failed to advise her of s[...]

Florida Supreme Court Holds Medical Malpractice Defendant’s Negligence Need Only Be A Substantial Cause Of The Plaintiff’s Harm

December 22, 2018

The Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on December 20, 2018: “Our medical malpractice jurisprudence makes clear that a physician may be the proximate cause of a patient’s injury even if that physician is not the primary cause of that inju[...]

Ex-NFL Football Player Files $180M Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleging Unnecessary, Career-Ending Knee Surgery

December 12, 2018

On November 6, 2018, a former NFL football player filed a $180M medical malpractice lawsuit in the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit In And For Orange County, Florida against a well-known orthopedic surgeon claiming that the defendant recommended and performed unnecessary knee surgey on th[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Kidney Wrongfully Removed During Back Surgery

December 3, 2018

A Florida medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against a general surgeon participating in the plaintiff’s back surgery on April 29, 2016, for allegedly removing one of her kidneys because the surgeon wrongfully thought that it was cancerous. The plaintiff had met the defendant surgeon just be[...]

Florida Appellate Court Approves Lawsuit For Unauthorized Disclosure Of Confidential Medical Records

November 27, 2018

The District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida (“Florida Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on November 9, 2018: “Because the violation of a statutorily-imposed duty of confidentiality is actionable under the common law, the trial court erred when it held that [the F[...]

$5M Legal Malpractice Verdict Against Florida Medical Malpractice Law Firm For Botched Birth Injury Claim

November 9, 2018

A Florida legal malpractice jury found against a Florida plaintifs’ medical malpractice law firm on October 17, 2018, finding that the defendant medical malpractice law firm negligently failed to represent a woman for her own injuries suffered during childbirth during which the baby was severe[...]

$350,000 Dental Malpractice Verdict In Florida

October 28, 2018

Earlier this month, a Florida dental malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $350,418.90. The plaintiff, a teacher and single mother, alleged that the defendant dentist committed dental malpractice with regard to a three-tooth bridge procedure that the defend[...]

Florida Supreme Court Revives Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case Involving Woman Who Died 3 Days After Giving Birth

October 1, 2018

The Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) held in its 4-to-3 opinion filed on September 6, 2018 that (1) where the facts regarding the presuit expert’s qualifications are unrefuted, the proper standard of review of a trial court’s dismissal of a medical malpractice actio[...]

Federal Appeals Court Holds U.S. Not Entitled To Recover Future Portion Of Medical Malpractice Judgment If Victim Dies Prematurely

September 14, 2018

In a federal medical malpractice case in which a federal judge found the United States liable for a doctor at a federal health facility for causing the plaintiffs’ son to suffer severe and life-altering injuries at the time of his birth, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circ[...]

Florida Nursing Home Workers Charged With Duct-Taping Elderly Dementia Resident To Chair

September 7, 2018

Two workers at a Florida nursing home have been arrested and charged with using duct tape to restrain an elderly resident with dementia to a chair that was then titled backwards against a bed. The two women allegedly involved in the July 3, 2018 incident are charged with elder abuse and false impris[...]

Florida Appellate Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge To Medical Malpractice Immunity Statute

August 28, 2018

The Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida (“Florida Appellate Court”) stated in its opinion filed on August 1, 2018 that the Florida Legislature’s 2011 amendments to section 768.28, contained in subsections (9)(b) and (10)(f), did not violate the sovereign immunity, equal pro[...]

Florida Appellate Court Finds Psychiatric Patient’s Assault On Another Patient Is Ordinary Negligence, Not Medical Malpractice

August 27, 2018

The Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida (“Florida Appellate Court”) stated in its opinion filed on August 1, 2018 that it was unable to conclude that the act from which the plaintiff’s claim arises – the attack on the plaintiff by another patient in a Florida hospital[...]

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