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350 Florida Lawsuits Allege Orthopedic Surgeon With Progressive Neurological Disorder Harmed Patients

October 21, 2022

350 Florida Lawsuits Allege Orthopedic Surgeon Harmed Patients: Lawsuits filed in Florida allege that patients of orthopedic surgeon Richard David Heekin, M.D., who specialized in hip and knee replacement surgeries, noticed between 2016 and 2020 that Heekin was slurring his words and he was having d[...]

Florida Bill Would Extend Wrongful Death Beneficiaries To Include Parents Of Adult Children In Medical Malpractice Cases

February 1, 2022

The Florida House Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee voted 13 to 5 on January 27, 2022 to approve House Bill 6011. which would change the existing wrongful death law in Florida medical malpractice cases to allow parents of adult children to pursue such damages. Florida is the only stat[...]

Florida Appellate Court Remands Case To Determine If Medical Malpractice Or Ordinary Negligence Is Alleged

November 12, 2021

The Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida (“Florida Appellate Court”) held in its opinion dated October 13, 2021: “Because Mr. Torres alleged sufficient facts to plead his action as one sounding in ordinary negligence, a dismissal with prejudice was not warranted at this [...]

Florida OB Loses Medical License After Death Of Mother Shortly After Giving Birth

May 6, 2021

It has been reported that 62-year-old Dr. Berto Lopez, 62, who had practiced obstetrics and gynecology in West Palm Beach, Florida for 38 years, had his medical license revoked after he was found liable for the death of Onystei Castillo-Lopeza, who bled to death after giving birth in July 2017. Dr. [...]

$30M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Orthopedic Doctors

June 13, 2020

On March 6, 2020, a Florida medical malpractice wrongful death jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $30 million, finding one of the defendant orthopedic doctors liable for 5% of the verdict and the other defendant orthopedic doctor responsible for 95% of the verdict. [...]

Florida’s Outpatient Cosmetic Surgery Clinics Under Scrutiny

June 1, 2016

Outpatient cosmetic surgery clinics in Florida, and especially in the Miami area, have been in the news lately for incidents of women undergoing butt lifts and other cosmetic procedures, including cosmetic injections, at outpatient clinics and so-called medical spas that have resulted in severe inju[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Hospital Death

May 21, 2016

On April 20, 2016, a Florida medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a hospital physician in a Florida medical negligence lawsuit that alleged that the failure to diagnose a woman’s infection was the cause of her death. The hospital where the woman had died had settled the Fl[...]

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