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Only 4 Of 25 Florida Physicians With The Most Medical Malpractice Payouts Have Lost Their License

September 25, 2014

A review of the 25 physicians in Florida who had the largest number of medical malpractice payouts as a result of judgments and settlements found that only four of them had lost their license to practice medicine in Florida. Of the four who lost their Florida medical license, three lost their lice[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Trial For Death Due To Pulmonary Embolism

September 13, 2014

A Florida medical malpractice trial that started on September 8, 2014 and is expected to last from two to three weeks seeks compensatory damages from the defendant physician, defendant hospital, and defendant home health care service for a 78-year-old man who died on March 2, 2011 due to alleged neg[...]

Florida Nursing Home Malpractice Case Alleges Wrongful Death

August 9, 2014

A Florida nursing home negligence case that was filed in July 2014 alleges that the Florida nursing home, its management companies, and two former administrators of the nursing home are responsible for the poor care and the resulting death of the nursing home resident who had lived in the nursing [...]

Florida’s Crack Down On Pill Mills Results In Substantial Reduction In Drug Overdose Deaths

July 25, 2014

The CDC earlier this month reported on the successes of Florida’s regulatory efforts to reduce drug overdose deaths in response to the proliferation of pain clinics in Florida since 2007, which were prescribing large quantities of drugs for pain with little medical justification and were being[...]

Florida Hospital Sued For Psychiatric Malpractice

July 16, 2014

On July 10, 2014, a psychiatric medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against a Florida hospital for the death of a 32-year-old psychiatric patient who was strangled by another psychiatric patient with a history of violence and who had been placed in the same hospital room. The man who was strangled[...]

Florida Supreme Court Says Medical Malpractice Defendant Cannot Rely On Testimony Of Subsequent Treating Physician

July 14, 2014

In its decision filed on July 10, 2014, the Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) held that testimony that a subsequent treating physician would not have treated the patient plaintiff differently had the defendant physician acted within the applicable standard of care is irr[...]

4 Medical Malpractice Falsehoods Reformers Need You To Believe

May 29, 2014

The following are some of the medical malpractice falsehoods often promoted by those with a financial interest in so-called medical malpractice tort reforms that harm the most seriously injured victims of medical malpractice by preventing them from being fully compensated for their losses: 1. Medica[...]

Florida Supreme Court Says Cap On Wrongful Death Noneconomic Damages Violates Equal Protection

March 14, 2014

On March 13, 2014, the Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) held that “the cap on wrongful death noneconomic damages provided in section 766.118, Florida Statutes, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Florida Constitution.” The case involved an Air Force [...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Claim For Patient’s Death Due To Surgical Fire

March 10, 2014

An active 89-year-old woman in Florida was scheduled for surgery on August 31, 2013, for an arterial biopsy due to internal bleeding. She was brought to the operating room and fitted with an oxygen mask to provide her with oxygen during the surgical procedure. The procedure involved the use of elec[...]

Florida Supreme Court Upholds Intent Of Amendment 7

February 8, 2014

In its decision dated January 30, 2014, the Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) upheld the intent of so-called Amendment 7 (Art. X, § 25, Fla. Const.), which is entitled, “Patients’ right to know about adverse medical incidents.” Amendment 7 was passed[...]

Florida Breast Augmentation Surgery Leads To Coma, Brain Damage

February 7, 2014

An 18-year-old Florida woman who elected to have breast augmentation surgery in August 2013 at a cosmetic surgery center located in Miami, Florida experienced a depressed heart rate shortly after the surgery and had atropine administered by the anesthesiologist and needed chest compressions. She wa[...]

Florida Appellate Court Overturns $2.5M Wrongful Birth Verdict

January 10, 2014

On January 8, 2014, in a split decision, the District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fourth District overturned a $2.5 million verdict in a wrongful birth case. A wrongful birth claim is a medical malpractice claim in which the parents give birth to an impaired or deformed child and alle[...]

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