Florida Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 18 of 23

Naval Hospital Jacksonville Sued For Medical Malpractice For Brain Injury During Colonoscopy

August 1, 2015

A federal medical malpractice lawsuit filed on July 21, 2015 in the U.S. District Court in Florida alleges that the medical negligence of the medical personnel involved with a retired Navy Chief’s colonoscopy and endoscopy performed at Naval Hospital Jacksonville (Florida) led to his severe [...]

Florida Appellate Court Allows Auto Insurer To Subrogate In Medical Malpractice Case

July 29, 2015

In its written opinion filed on July 24, 2015, the District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fifth District (“Appellate Court”) decided in a 2-to-1 decision that the tortfeasor involved in a motor vehicle accident and her automobile liability insurance company have a right to[...]

Florida Appellate Court Upholds Defendants’ Ex Parte Communications With Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs’ Health Care Providers

July 24, 2015

In its opinion filed on July 21, 2015, the District Court of Appeal First District, State of Florida (“Appellate Court”) upheld certain 2013 amendments to the medical malpractice presuit notice sections of the Florida Statutes (Sections 766.106 and 766.1065) that allow for presuit ex p[...]

Florida Appellate Court Limits Medical Malpractice Attorneys Fee To $100,000

July 20, 2015

In its decision dated July 15, 2015, the District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fourth District (“Appellate Court”) limited to $100,000 the medical malpractice attorneys fee and costs that the plaintiffs’ Florida medical malpractice lawyers could receive for their highly [...]

Florida Appellate Court Approves Limit On Number Of Medical Malpractice Experts Testifying At Trial

July 6, 2015

In its opinion filed on June 26, 2015, the District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fifth District (“Appellate Court”) “receded” from its decision in a prior case that had held that with only very broad [sic] limits, all qualified expert opinion testimony in a medic[...]

Florida Appellate Court Holds Cap On Noneconomic Damages Unconstitutional In Medical Malpractice Cases

July 3, 2015

In its opinion filed on July 1, 2015, the District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fourth District (“Appellate Court”) held that the caps on noneconomic damage awards in personal injury medical malpractice cases are unconstitutional, extending a prior Florida Supreme Court cas[...]

9 Baby Deaths Following Open Heart Surgery At Florida Hospital

June 9, 2015

On June 2, 2015, the ninth baby died after having heart surgery at a Florida hospital that opened its pediatric open heart surgery program in December 2011. CNN has reported that the death rate for babies after open heart surgery at the Florida hospital between 2011 and 2013 was 12.5%, which is thr[...]

Florida Man Dies In Jail Several Hours After DUI Arrest

May 30, 2015

On May 18, 2013, a 41-year-old father of four with no criminal history was arrested in Florida for alleged DUI. Several hours later, he was found dead in his jail cell, allegedly due to the medical negligence of the jail personnel and an on-call doctor who failed to provide the man with necessary me[...]

$2.8M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Perforated Colon During Abdominal Surgery

May 26, 2015

A 73-year-old man won his Florida medical malpractice lawsuit filed against the defendant hospital for the alleged negligence of a surgeon who allegedly perforated his colon during abdominal surgery and failed to discover the perforation and/or to timely respond to his symptoms that indicated a p[...]

Florida Supreme Court: Medical Malpractice Cap Does Not Apply Retroactively

May 24, 2015

In its decision dated May 21, 2015, the Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) held that Florida’s cap on noneconomic damages in Florida medical malpractice cases does not apply to a cause of action that arose before the cap became effective on September 15, 2013. The[...]

$23M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injury

May 20, 2015

On April 24, 2015, after a three-week trial, a Florida medical malpractice jury in Charlotte County awarded the plaintiff $23 million for the severe and permanent brain injury suffered by her newborn baby girl, who was born extremely premature. The child suffered cerebral palsy as a result of her b[...]

$7.5M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Surgical Death

May 6, 2015

Late last month a Florida medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $7.5 million in favor of the family of a woman who bled out during surgery – the family’s medical malpractice attorney had requested that the jury return a verdict in favor of the family in the amou[...]

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