$178 Million Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict

January 24, 2012

On Friday, January 20, 2012, a Florida jury awarded $168 million in compensatory damages in a medical malpractice case; on Monday, January 23, 2012, the same medical malpractice jury awarded another $10 million in punitive damages. The medical malpractice claim involved an obese deputy’s lapar[...]

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Florida Medical Malpractice Damages Cap Not Retroactive

December 28, 2011

When states enact so-called “medical malpractice reforms” (also known as “tort reforms”) such as caps (limits) on non-economic damages (such as pain and suffering, mental anguish, and disfigurement) that victims of medical malpractice may recover despite a jury’s determ[...]

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Florida Example Of Hospital Malpractice

November 28, 2011

A concerned 17-year-old Florida mother brought her 3-month-old infant son to a local hospital emergency room in Florida because he had been vomiting and had diarrhea for three days. She and her son were in the emergency department for four and a half  hours before she was told that it was safe[...]

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