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Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges 2-Year-Old Died From Medication Error In Hospital

January 13, 2026

The parents of a two-year-old have filed a Florida medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital in which they allege their son was erroneously administered ten-times the recommended dosage of a medication, leading to his death. The parents’ lawsuit was filed on November 6, 2[...]

Florida Appellate Court Vacates Directed Verdict For Hospital In Contaminated Heparin Medical Malpractice Case

April 13, 2022

The District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida (“Florida Appellate Court”) held in its opinion dated January 21, 2022 “we reverse the trial court’s grant of a directed verdict in favor of Holmes Regional and remand for a new trial” in a Florida medical malpractice cas[...]

USA Today Reports Nearly 6,900 Florida Physicians Do Not Have Medical Malpractice Insurance

January 9, 2020

USA Today reports: “Nearly 6,900 doctors in Florida lack malpractice insurance or other coverage … When they maim and kill, there’s less recourse, leaving patients damaged physically and financially, with families struggling to pay medical bills … Those physicians have been disci[...]

Florida Appellate Court Affirms Cap On Noneconomic Damages In Medical Malpractice Arbitration Cases

January 8, 2020

Florida Statute Section 766.118(2) states: “LIMITATION ON NONECONOMIC DAMAGES FOR NEGLIGENCE OF PRACTITIONERS.— (a) With respect to a cause of action for personal injury or wrongful death arising from medical negligence of practitioners, regardless of the number of such practitioner defe[...]

Florida Appellate Court Overturns $15.6M Medical Malpractice Verdict Due To Improper Informed Consent Jury Instruction

July 11, 2019

On June 12, 2019, the District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fourth District (“Florida Appellate Court”) overturned a $15,591,619.00 Florida medical malpractice verdict against the defendant doctor, holding “the trial court erred when instructing the jury concerning infor[...]

Florida Appellate Court Approves Lawsuit For Unauthorized Disclosure Of Confidential Medical Records

November 27, 2018

The District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida (“Florida Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on November 9, 2018: “Because the violation of a statutorily-imposed duty of confidentiality is actionable under the common law, the trial court erred when it held that [the F[...]

Florida Supreme Court Revives Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case Involving Woman Who Died 3 Days After Giving Birth

October 1, 2018

The Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) held in its 4-to-3 opinion filed on September 6, 2018 that (1) where the facts regarding the presuit expert’s qualifications are unrefuted, the proper standard of review of a trial court’s dismissal of a medical malpractice actio[...]

Florida Supreme Court Rules Unconstitutional Requirement That Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs Authorize Ex-Parte Communications With Non-Party Medical Providers

November 13, 2017

The Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) ruled in its 4-to-3 decision on November 9, 2017 that the amendment to Florida’s medical malpractice statute requiring plaintiffs in medical malpractice cases to authorize medical malpractice defendants’ attorneys to spea[...]

Florida Supreme Court Holds Caps On Noneconomic Damages In Medical Malpractice Claims Unconstitutional

June 9, 2017

The Supreme Court of Florida held in a 4-to-3 decision filed on June 8, 2017 that the caps on personal injury noneconomic damages in medical negligence actions provided in section 766.118 violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Florida Constitution. Section 766.118, Florida Statutes (2011) Sectio[...]

Florida ALJ Determines Butt Lift Doctor Committed Multiple Acts Of Medical Malpractice

January 18, 2017

In her Recommended Order dated January 6, 2017, a Florida Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) stated that a Florida doctor who performed cosmetic surgery procedures on multiple patients in May 2015, including liposuction and fat injection procedures commonly referred to as a “Brazi[...]

Florida Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Hospital In Medical Malpractice Case

September 10, 2016

On August 24, 2016, the District Court of Appeal of Florida Second District (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the trial court entering summary judgment on behalf of the defendant hospital in a Florida medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit, finding that the physicians who treated the dece[...]

Florida Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case

May 11, 2016

In its opinion filed on April 1, 2016, the District Court of Appeal of Florida Second District (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiff’s Florida medical malpractice lawsuit because the plaintiff failed to file her complaint within the two-year statute of limitat[...]

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