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$27M Florida Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict For Avoidable Permanent Spinal Injury After Surgery

February 9, 2026

On December 12, 2025, a Florida medical malpractice jury awarded $27 million to a 58-year-old man who underwent spinal surgery with placement of a spinal cord stimulator in 2018 that was complicated by signs that evening that he had developed a hematoma that was compressing his spinal cord that his [...]

Florida Appellate Court Affirms No Punitive Damages Against Assisted Living Facility

January 22, 2026

Dana Jones’s mother, Doscina Pendleton, was an elderly, terminally ill woman under hospice care, residing in the memory care unit of Truewood By Merrill (“Truewood”), an assisted living facility, from December 31, 2018 until she passed away on December 25, 2020. On the night of her[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges 2-Year-Old Died From Medication Error In Hospital

January 13, 2026

The parents of a two-year-old have filed a Florida medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital in which they allege their son was erroneously administered ten-times the recommended dosage of a medication, leading to his death. The parents’ lawsuit was filed on November 6, 2[...]

Florida Appellate Court Holds Insufficient Evidence To Justify Man’s Involuntary Mental Illness Hold

January 1, 2026

Jean Joseph appealed an involuntary inpatient placement order issued pursuant to the Baker Act (Part 1 of chapter 394 is referred to as “The Florida Mental Health Act” or “The Baker Act.” § 394.451, Fla. Stat. (2025)). Joseph contended that the state’s evidence was insufficient to demonst[...]

Study Finds Quality Of Florida Nursing Home Care Declined After Change To Private-Equity Ownership

November 28, 2025

Between 2019 and 2024, 425 nursing homes in Florida (over 60% of Florida’s total nursing homes) changed ownership, with at least one-third of these sold to private equity investors. In 2019, 29 of Florida’s total nursing home facilities reported ownership changes. In 2020, the number of owne[...]

$70.8M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict

November 11, 2025

On September 25, 2025, a Florida medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $70.8 million in favor of the 38-year-old plaintiff involving a nurse practitioner employed by InPhyNet Contracting Services (a subsidiary of TeamHealth), who was acting in her capacity as an agent of a f[...]

Florida Appellate Court Rules Medical Malpractice Complaint Should Have Been Dismissed For Failure To Follow Same Specialty Rule

October 30, 2025

Before filing a medical malpractice lawsuit, a Florida medical malpractice plaintiff must “conduct an investigation to ascertain that there are reasonable grounds to believe that” the prospective defendant “was negligent in the care or treatment of the” prospective plaintiff [...]

Florida Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs Failed To Comply With Presuit Requirements

October 1, 2025

When a party files a lawsuit in Florida alleging claims arising from the care or services of a medical provider, or the failure to render care or services, the party must comply with the requirements of the Medical Malpractice Reform Act (“Act”), chapter 766, Florida Statutes. Florida Me[...]

Florida Appellate Court Reinstates Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit That Trial Court Dismissed For Lack Of Detail

September 25, 2025

Cypress Care Center (“CCC”) is the nursing home where Linda Daughtry (“Decedent”) lived for much of March and April. Her estate later sued several defendants, alleging that they operated CCC as a high-census, high-acuity facility without providing commensurate staff. The Estate alleged that [...]

Florida Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Drug Treatment Facility

July 20, 2025

Anthony Burley (the Decedent) was involuntarily committed to The Village South, Inc. (Village South), an addiction treatment facility. After less than a month, he was discharged for violating the facility’s rules, and forty eight days after discharge, he died from a drug overdose. His father, Robe[...]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Says He’ll Veto “Free Kill” Medical Malpractice Reform Bill

May 16, 2025

On May 15, 2025, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced that he will veto HB 6017, which passed in the Florida House of Representatives by a vote of 104 to 6, and passed in the Florida Senate by a vote of 33 to 4, succumbing to intense pressure from health care industry lobbyists to veto the [&hell[...]

Civil Liability For Wrongful Death Of Unborn Child In Florida

April 11, 2025

A bill (CS/SB 1284) winding its way through the Florida Senate, if enacted, would expand Florida’s Wrongful Death Act to allow the parents of an unborn child to recover noneconomic damages for mental pain and suffering from a person who is responsible for the death of the unborn child. The mother [...]

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