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$7M Florida Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis Settlement

July 11, 2026

A Florida woman who had a life-long concern about breast cancer after being diagnosed with calcifications when she was 23, and who routinely had mammograms and occasionally biopsies as a result, had a mammogram performed in February 2021, after she found a lump in her breast. According to court reco[...]

Did Medical Malpractice Cause Hulk Hogan’s Death?

June 12, 2026

The Clearwater Police Department has completed its investigation into the July 24, 2025 death of Terry Bollea (aka Hulk Hogan). The following is the police summary and findings: The following serves as a summary of the investigation into the death of Terry Gene Bollea. It is not intended to provide [...]

Florida Appellate Court Holds Claim Of Sexual Assault In Emergency Room Is Medical Malpractice Claim

June 4, 2026

A Florida amended complaint alleged that on May 8, 2023, Jane Doe presented to the Cape Coral Hospital emergency department due to complications with her foley catheter following a hysterectomy. During this visit, the Does allegethat Physician Assistant Marten Karlsson inappropriately performed a va[...]

Florida Lawsuit Alleges Exploitation Of Surrogate In IVF Procedure

June 1, 2026

A recently filed lawsuit in Florida against Fertility Center of Orlando, IVF Life Inc., IVF Orlando Inc., reproductive endocrinologist Dr. Milton McNichol, and two intended parents identified under pseudonyms alleges negligence, medical malpractice, exploitation of a vulnerable adult, and failure to[...]

Florida Judge Reduces $71M Medical Malpractice Verdict To $41M But Refuses To Apply Medicaid Cap

March 2, 2026

Florida Statute section 766.118(6) caps noneconomic damages awardable specifically to Medicaid patients to $200,000 per provider and $300,000 per incident when that treatment has been determined by a jury to be negligent. A judge of the Circuit Court of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit for the State [...]

$27M Florida Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict For Avoidable Permanent Spinal Injury After Surgery

February 9, 2026

On December 12, 2025, a Florida medical malpractice jury awarded $27 million to a 58-year-old man who underwent spinal surgery with placement of a spinal cord stimulator in 2018 that was complicated by signs that evening that he had developed a hematoma that was compressing his spinal cord that his [...]

$70.8M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict

November 11, 2025

On September 25, 2025, a Florida medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $70.8 million in favor of the 38-year-old plaintiff involving a nurse practitioner employed by InPhyNet Contracting Services (a subsidiary of TeamHealth), who was acting in her capacity as an agent of a f[...]

Florida Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs Failed To Comply With Presuit Requirements

October 1, 2025

When a party files a lawsuit in Florida alleging claims arising from the care or services of a medical provider, or the failure to render care or services, the party must comply with the requirements of the Medical Malpractice Reform Act (“Act”), chapter 766, Florida Statutes. Florida Me[...]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Says He’ll Veto “Free Kill” Medical Malpractice Reform Bill

May 16, 2025

On May 15, 2025, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced that he will veto HB 6017, which passed in the Florida House of Representatives by a vote of 104 to 6, and passed in the Florida Senate by a vote of 33 to 4, succumbing to intense pressure from health care industry lobbyists to veto the [&hell[...]

Civil Liability For Wrongful Death Of Unborn Child In Florida

April 11, 2025

A bill (CS/SB 1284) winding its way through the Florida Senate, if enacted, would expand Florida’s Wrongful Death Act to allow the parents of an unborn child to recover noneconomic damages for mental pain and suffering from a person who is responsible for the death of the unborn child. The mother [...]

Florida Appellate Court Holds Claim Involving Mentally Ill Patient’s Death In Hospital Was For Medical Malpractice And Not Ordinary Negligence

April 9, 2025

The decedent, Zachary Taylor Anderson, was admitted to the Indian River Memorial Hospital (“Hospital”) emergency room after he made deep cuts to his arms, legs, and body. The Hospital had him taken into custody for involuntary examination under the Baker Act. § 394.463(1)(b)2., Fla. Sta[...]

Florida House Passes Bill That Would Undo Injustice For Certain Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Claimants

March 27, 2025

The Florida House voted 104 to 6 to approve HB 6017 on March 26, 2025. HB 6017 would allow people who are 25 years old or older to seek damages in Florida medical malpractice cases for the death of their parent(s), and allow the parents of children who are 25 or older and who died […][...]

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