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Weird Florida Medical Malpractice Settlement Situation

January 2, 2014

A Florida appellate court on December 27, 2013 decided a case involving the medical malpractice settlement on behalf of the young malpractice victim (the parents’ medical malpractice complaint alleged that a Florida doctor had failed to timely diagnose and treat their son’s eye condit[...]

Federal Judge Strikes Down Part Of Florida’s New Medical Malpractice Law

September 30, 2013

On September 25, 2013, a federal judge in Florida struck down a part of Florida’s recently enacted changes to its medical malpractice law because it was in conflict with federal law. At issue was Florida Statutes § 766.1065, which took effect on July 1, 2013, that added to the long-stan[...]

Supreme Court Of Florida Rejects Arbitration Agreement In Medical Malpractice Case

August 4, 2013

In its decision filed on June 20, 2013, the Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) held that an agreement to arbitrate a medical malpractice claim against a Florida surgeon was unenforceable. The patient had signed a “Financial Agreement” prior to his surgery t[...]

Florida Nursing Home Negligence Jury Verdict: $1.2 BILLION

July 25, 2013

On July 22, 2013, a Florida jury awarded $1.2 billion to the family of a 69-year-old nursing home resident who died after repeated falls in the nursing home that the nursing home negligently failed to prevent. The nursing home negligence lawsuit was filed in 2009 and involved years of legal ma[...]

$38.5 Million Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict (Plus “Strikes”)

May 18, 2013

On May 17, 2013, after a month-long trial before a medical malpractice jury in Broward County, Florida, the plaintiffs were awarded $38 million and the two medical malpractice defendant doctors were assessed “strikes.” The “strikes” were assessed by the medical malpractice ju[...]

Proposed Changes To Florida’s Medical Malpractice Law Will Further Harm Malpractice Victims

April 8, 2013

On April 2, 2013, the Florida Senate Rules Committee voted in favor of Florida Senate Bill 1792 (SB 1792), which would change Florida’s medical malpractice law to be more slanted in favor of negligent Florida doctors and would further harm Florida medical malpractice victims. How Does SB[...]

Florida $1M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Drug Allergy Death

March 20, 2013

Earlier this month, a Seminole County, Florida medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1,017,000 that included $517,000 in economic damages, $500,000 for mental anguish, and attorneys’ fees. The Florida medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that th[...]

Florida Supreme Court Binds Deceased Nursing Home Resident’s Heirs To Arbitration Agreement

February 17, 2013

In its decision issued on February 14, 2013, the Supreme Court of Florida held that an arbitration provision in an otherwise valid contract binds the signing party’s estate and heirs in a subsequent wrongful death case, finding that the nature of wrongful death actions in Florida is derivative a[...]

LASIK Malpractice

January 30, 2013

On December 2, 2011, a LASIK eye surgery malpractice lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, in and for Marion County, Florida, against an osteopathic doctor who performed LASIK eye surgery on the medical malpractice plaintiff. The malpractice lawsuit alleged that t[...]

Florida Supreme Court Expected To Rule On Florida’s Medical Malpractice Cap Soon

December 31, 2012

The Florida Supreme Court heard oral arguments in February, 2012 in a case that may determine the constitutionality of Florida’s cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases that was enacted in 2003 (the cap is $500,000 or $1 million under certain circumstances, depending on the[...]

Florida Supreme Court Upholds Patient’s Confidentiality In Medical Malpractice Case

December 26, 2012

In a case decided by the Supreme Court of Florida on December 20, 2012, the Florida Supreme Court decided the issue whether the Florida patient confidentiality statute prohibits a nonparty treating physician from having an ex parte meeting (without the medical malpractice plaintiff or her attorne[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Claim For Newborn’s Suffocation Death

December 4, 2012

On August 9, 2009, a 21-year-old mother who had given birth by Cesarean section less than 24 hours earlier was exhausted from both the delivery and from the strong multiple pain medications given to her during the delivery. Nonetheless, the first-time mother wanted to nurse her baby girl and the ho[...]

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