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Florida Appellate Court Enforces Arbitrator’s Award Against Physician and Hospital For Medical Malpractice

September 5, 2024

Background After a family member’s death during hospitalization, the personal representative filed a medical negligence action against five physicians, including Patrick Regan, D.O. and two hospitals, including Lawnwood Medical Center, Inc., and related entities. The circuit court referred all iss[...]

Florida Statute Of Limitations For Vaginal Mesh Cases

August 23, 2024

Under Florida’s statute of limitations, a plaintiff has four years to initiate a products liability suit. Fla. Stat. §§ 95.11(3)(e), 95.031(2)(b) (2014). The four-year period begins to run from the date that the facts giving rise to the cause of action were discovered, or should have been discov[...]

Florida Plastic Surgeon Arrested For Death Of His Wife Following Office Procedures

August 20, 2024

On June 17, 2024, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office issued the following statement: Death Investigation Update to Hillary Brown Death Investigation On 11/21/2023 Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to Restore Plastic Surgery for a medical emergency. The female victim, later i[...]

Florida Brazilian Butt Lift Clinics Must Have Liability Insurance, Meet Other Requirements, Under New Law

August 10, 2024

A new law in Florida that became effective on May 10, 2024 requires most Brazilian butt lift clinics in Florida that transfer more than 1,000 cubic centimeters of fat to secure liability insurance coverage of at least $250,000 per claim and an annual aggregate of at least $750,000 (“An office [...]

Florida Appellate Court Allows Punitive Damages Claim In Medical Malpractice Case

July 31, 2024

Plaintiff Mark R. Mohan alleged in his Florida medical malpractice case that Karl M. Hagen, M.D. performed an appendectomy procedure on him to remove his inflamed appendix on May 8, 2011. When the hospital pathologist performed a perfunctory examination on the specimen, he discovered that the surgeo[...]

Florida Appellate Court Revives Medical Malpractice Case In Dispute Over Expert’s Qualifications

July 26, 2024

Before filing suit for medical malpractice in Florida, a prospective plaintiff must conduct a statutory presuit investigation. This investigation determines whether the prospective plaintiff has “reasonable grounds to believe” that a prospective defendant provided negligent care or treatment tha[...]

Broken Trocars During Routine Sterilization Surgery Results In Catastrophic Injuries

July 23, 2024

Trocars According to a recently filed Florida medical malpractyice lawsuit, trocars are a medical device generally used in laparoscopic surgery. In its simplest form, a trocar is a pen-shaped instrument with a sharp triangular point at one end (awl), typically used inside a hollow tube, known as a c[...]

Florida Supreme Court Rules Marriage After Injury Does Not Preclude Surviving Spouse From Wrongful Death Claim

July 14, 2024

Before his death, Richard Counter filed a personal injury complaint against multiple defendants. Counter alleged common law negligence and strict liability actions and claimed that Defendants exposed him to asbestos from the 1950s through the 1990s. On May 22, 2015, Counter was diagnosed with mesoth[...]

Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections After Cosmetic Surgery Procedures At Florida Clinic – 15 Cases In 9 States

July 12, 2024

Bacterium abscessus is a species of intrinsically multidrug–resistant, rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) known to cause health care–associated infections and implicated in skin and soft tissue infections after cosmetic surgical procedures. On February 7, 2023, CDC notified t[...]

Florida Appellate Court Discusses Res Ipsa Loquitur In Hospital Malpractice Claim

June 6, 2024

The District Court of Appeal of Florida Second District (“Florida Appellate Court”) stated in its March 22, 2024 opinion: “This appeal involves the application of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur to a medical negligence action wherein Barber sustained bilateral hip fractures while[...]

$31.9M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Admit Patient To ICU

May 26, 2024

In September 2018, 51-year-old Saverio Sasso experienced a burning sensation when urinating, indicating that he had a urinary tract infection, as well as having nausea and fever for which he sought medical evaluation at an urgent care facility. Less than 24 hours later, he went to the emergency depa[...]

$30M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Untreated Ulcer Leading To Death

April 24, 2024

On February 14, 2024, a Tampa, Florida medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the surviving parents of a 23-year-old woman who died because her health care providers failed to treat her ulcer that was discovered during an endoscopy. The verdict was rendered on Valentine’s Da[...]

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