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Florida Emergency Room Physician Who Prevailed In Medical Malpractice Case Sues The Plaintiff’s Lawyer

May 22, 2019

A Florida emergency room physician who ultimately prevailed in a Florida medical malpractice case filed against him by the surviving husband of a woman he treated in a hospital emergency room in 2007 who died 12 hours after being discharged from the ER is suing the plaintiff’s Florida medical [...]

Federal Appeals Court Holds U.S. Not Entitled To Recover Future Portion Of Medical Malpractice Judgment If Victim Dies Prematurely

September 14, 2018

In a federal medical malpractice case in which a federal judge found the United States liable for a doctor at a federal health facility for causing the plaintiffs’ son to suffer severe and life-altering injuries at the time of his birth, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circ[...]

Florida Supreme Court Discusses Physician Treatment Rule In Narrowly Affirming Medical Malpractice Verdict

April 24, 2018

In its 4-to-3 decision filed on March 22, 2018, the Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) affirmed the final judgment in the amount of $4,101,476 in favor of the Florida medical malpractice plaintiffs. The lower appellate court had affirmed the trial court’s denial of the [...]

Proposed Changes To Florida’s Medical Malpractice Law Will Further Harm Malpractice Victims

April 8, 2013

On April 2, 2013, the Florida Senate Rules Committee voted in favor of Florida Senate Bill 1792 (SB 1792), which would change Florida’s medical malpractice law to be more slanted in favor of negligent Florida doctors and would further harm Florida medical malpractice victims. How Does SB[...]

Large Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Infant’s Stroke

August 8, 2012

On July 31, 2012, a medical malpractice jury in Palm Beach County, Florida returned a verdict in the amount of $28.45 million against two doctors who allegedly ignored the results of a spinal tap performed on a 10-month-old infant suffering from persistent fevers in 2006 that indicated that the in[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit For Infant’s Finger Severed In A Hospital

April 2, 2012

In October, 2011, a 15-year-old mother brought her then 3-month-old daughter to a local Florida hospital when her daughter spiked a fever and had bronchitis. The little girl was hospitalized for three days for treatment of her medical condition. An IV that had been placed in her hand for medical [...]

Florida Legislature Passes Bill To Pay Medical Malpractice Verdict

March 30, 2012

Back in 2007, a Florida medical malpractice jury awarded almost $31 million to a child and his parents for the child’s birth injuries that included cerebral palsy and other serious injuries that the jury determined were the result of medical malpractice committed by employees of Lee Memorial [...]

Proposed Changes To Florida’s Medical Malpractice Law Harms Malpractice Victims

February 18, 2012

The Republican-led Florida Legislature is considering amendments to Florida’s medical malpractice law to make it more difficult for victims of medical malpractice to win their medical malpractice cases and would also allow medical malpractice defendants’ lawyers to speak with the victi[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Teen Who Lost All Four Limbs

January 30, 2012

At the time of a Florida teenager’s birth, severe intestinal problems required that her spleen and other organs be removed. As a result of not having a spleen, the teenager was more susceptible to bacterial and viral infections that required her to take medication to prevent infections. Her m[...]

$178 Million Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict

January 24, 2012

On Friday, January 20, 2012, a Florida jury awarded $168 million in compensatory damages in a medical malpractice case; on Monday, January 23, 2012, the same medical malpractice jury awarded another $10 million in punitive damages. The medical malpractice claim involved an obese deputy’s lapar[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Claim For Death Due To Wrong Medication

January 10, 2012

A 79-year-old dialysis patient in Florida experienced shortness of breath after a dialysis session. He was admitted into the intensive care unit of a local hospital for treatment. The next day, he was administered the wrong medication that resulted in his death, according to the allegations in the�[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Damages Cap Not Retroactive

December 28, 2011

When states enact so-called “medical malpractice reforms” (also known as “tort reforms”) such as caps (limits) on non-economic damages (such as pain and suffering, mental anguish, and disfigurement) that victims of medical malpractice may recover despite a jury’s determ[...]

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