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Florida Appellate Court Holds Claim Involving Mentally Ill Patient’s Death In Hospital Was For Medical Malpractice And Not Ordinary Negligence

April 9, 2025

The decedent, Zachary Taylor Anderson, was admitted to the Indian River Memorial Hospital (“Hospital”) emergency room after he made deep cuts to his arms, legs, and body. The Hospital had him taken into custody for involuntary examination under the Baker Act. § 394.463(1)(b)2., Fla. Sta[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Settled For Man Who Lost Limbs After Kidney Stone Removal Procedure

March 30, 2025

A Florida medical malpractice lawsuit filed by a 49-year-old man who had been rendered a quadriplegic as the result of a car accident in 1998 but nonetheless was self-reliant and living independently despite limited use of his arms and being confined to a wheelchair, alleged that his limbs had to be[...]

Florida House Passes Bill That Would Undo Injustice For Certain Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Claimants

March 27, 2025

The Florida House voted 104 to 6 to approve HB 6017 on March 26, 2025. HB 6017 would allow people who are 25 years old or older to seek damages in Florida medical malpractice cases for the death of their parent(s), and allow the parents of children who are 25 or older and who died […][...]

Florida Appellate Court Addresses Birth Injury Malpractice Claim Under Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan

February 15, 2025

G.C. was born at Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc. G.C. suffered a brain injury due to oxygen deprivation around the time of her birth, and she later was diagnosed with severe cerebral palsy. The parents, on their own and on behalf of G.C., originally petitioned for compensation under the Flo[...]

Florida Appellate Court Affirms Legal Consultant Not Health Care Provider Qualified To Be Expert In Medical Malpractice Case

January 26, 2025

Section 766.203(2) requires a medical-malpractice claimant to conduct a pre-suit investigation. As part of that investigation, the claimant must submit “a verified written medical expert opinion from a medical expert as defined in section 766.202(6), at the time the notice of intent to initiate li[...]

Florida Appellate Court Reinstates Resident-On-Resident Assault Case Against Assisted Living Facility

December 15, 2024

Background Facts In May of 2018, Maria M. Mosher was admitted into the defendant assisted living facility, Sumter Place in the Villages, located in Sumter County, Florida. During her stay, Mosher was placed in the facility’s memory care unit. On April 2, 2019, while still in the memory care unit, [...]

Florida Physician Charged With Failing To Refer Patient For Specialized Care, Resulting in 42-Day Medically-Induced Coma

November 5, 2024

On July 15, 2024, the State of Florida Department of Health filed an Administrative Complaint against a Florida physician who allegedly failed to diagnose a 75-year-old patient’s lung infection (pneumonia) and failed to refer him for specialized or emergency care that resulted in compromised l[...]

Florida Appellate Court Rules Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Not Entitled To Defendant Surgery Center’s Credentialing File For Defendant Surgeon

November 1, 2024

In 2004, the Florida Constitution was amended to add Amendment 7, which provides in part: (a) In addition to any other similar rights provided herein or by general law, patients have a right to have access to any records made or received in the course of business by a health care facility or provide[...]

Did Surgeon Remove Liver Instead Of Spleen?

October 30, 2024

A 70-year-old Alabama man died unexpectedly after a surgeon at Ascension Scared Heart Emerald Coast in Miramar Beach, Florida removed his liver instead of his spleen, causing immediate and catastrophic blood loss resulting in the patient’s death. William “Bill” Bryan and his wife were at t[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Stillbirth

October 14, 2024

On July 24, 2024, the parents of a stillborn baby girl filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County, Florida, against the OBGYNs involved with the labor, delivery, and birth. The Florida medical malpractice lawsuit reportedly alleges that the plaintif[...]

Florida $2M Medical Malpractice Arbitration Award Set Aside

September 13, 2024

Background Facts On July 30, 2020, Mauricio Polifroni presented to North Shore Medical Center after suffering a stroke. His condition deteriorated and he died thirteen days after admission. North Shore Medical Center (“North Shore”) and Clara Navarro, Polifroni’s wife, agreed to participate in[...]

Florida Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Verdict For Plaintiff And Orders New Trial

September 6, 2024

Background The defendant doctor began treating the patient in 2012. In 2013, the defendant doctor diagnosed the patient with mitral-valve stenosis, recommended a mitral valve replacement, and suggested a cardiac surgeon. The patient chose a different cardiac surgeon and underwent cardiac surgery in [...]

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