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Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Live Kidney Donor Death

April 11, 2016

The wife of a 40-year-old man who was a live donor of a kidney that was implanted into his 69-year-old father has filed a Florida medical malpractice lawsuit against the surgeon who performed the live kidney removal, and his medical practice, alleging that the defendant surgeon’s medical negli[...]

Florida Inmates File Class-Action Lawsuit Seeking Hernia Surgeries

September 29, 2015

On September 16, 2015, three Florida inmates filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court seeking a court order permitting them to consult surgeons regarding their need for hernia surgery and authorizing hernia surgeries if deemed necessary. One of the plaintiffs had been advised twice by a su[...]

$4.1M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict Overturned On Appeal

August 27, 2015

In its decision filed on August 26, 2015, the Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida (“Appellate Court”) overturned a Florida medical malpractice jury’s award of damages in the amount of $4,101,776 to a young child and her parents. The Florida medical malpractice jury h[...]

Florida Appellate Court Upholds Defendants’ Ex Parte Communications With Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs’ Health Care Providers

July 24, 2015

In its opinion filed on July 21, 2015, the District Court of Appeal First District, State of Florida (“Appellate Court”) upheld certain 2013 amendments to the medical malpractice presuit notice sections of the Florida Statutes (Sections 766.106 and 766.1065) that allow for presuit ex p[...]

Florida Appellate Court Limits Medical Malpractice Attorneys Fee To $100,000

July 20, 2015

In its decision dated July 15, 2015, the District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fourth District (“Appellate Court”) limited to $100,000 the medical malpractice attorneys fee and costs that the plaintiffs’ Florida medical malpractice lawyers could receive for their highly [...]

Florida Appellate Court Approves Limit On Number Of Medical Malpractice Experts Testifying At Trial

July 6, 2015

In its opinion filed on June 26, 2015, the District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fifth District (“Appellate Court”) “receded” from its decision in a prior case that had held that with only very broad [sic] limits, all qualified expert opinion testimony in a medic[...]

9 Baby Deaths Following Open Heart Surgery At Florida Hospital

June 9, 2015

On June 2, 2015, the ninth baby died after having heart surgery at a Florida hospital that opened its pediatric open heart surgery program in December 2011. CNN has reported that the death rate for babies after open heart surgery at the Florida hospital between 2011 and 2013 was 12.5%, which is thr[...]

Florida Supreme Court: Medical Malpractice Cap Does Not Apply Retroactively

May 24, 2015

In its decision dated May 21, 2015, the Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) held that Florida’s cap on noneconomic damages in Florida medical malpractice cases does not apply to a cause of action that arose before the cap became effective on September 15, 2013. The[...]

$23M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injury

May 20, 2015

On April 24, 2015, after a three-week trial, a Florida medical malpractice jury in Charlotte County awarded the plaintiff $23 million for the severe and permanent brain injury suffered by her newborn baby girl, who was born extremely premature. The child suffered cerebral palsy as a result of her b[...]

Florida Doctor Allowed To Surrender Medical License To Avoid Criminal Prosecution For Alleged Sexual Misconduct With Patients

November 1, 2014

On October 20, 2014, Florida officials announced that a Daytona, Florida doctor had agreed to surrender his Florida medical license pursuant to an agreement that will avoid his criminal prosecution for alleged sexual misconduct with his patients. The doctor had been charged with two counts of misd[...]

Florida Supreme Court Says Medical Malpractice Defendant Cannot Rely On Testimony Of Subsequent Treating Physician

July 14, 2014

In its decision filed on July 10, 2014, the Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) held that testimony that a subsequent treating physician would not have treated the patient plaintiff differently had the defendant physician acted within the applicable standard of care is irr[...]

4 Medical Malpractice Falsehoods Reformers Need You To Believe

May 29, 2014

The following are some of the medical malpractice falsehoods often promoted by those with a financial interest in so-called medical malpractice tort reforms that harm the most seriously injured victims of medical malpractice by preventing them from being fully compensated for their losses: 1. Medica[...]

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