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Florida Appellate Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge To Medical Malpractice Immunity Statute

August 28, 2018

The Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida (“Florida Appellate Court”) stated in its opinion filed on August 1, 2018 that the Florida Legislature’s 2011 amendments to section 768.28, contained in subsections (9)(b) and (10)(f), did not violate the sovereign immunity, equal pro[...]

Florida Appellate Court Reverses New Trial Granted To Medical Malpractice Plaintiff

April 22, 2018

In its March 29, 2018 decision, the Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fifth District (“Florida Appellate Court”) held that the trial court had abused its discretion in granting the Florida medical malpractice plaintiff’s motion for new trial, “because the record does no[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Claims Hospital Nurse High On Meth Caused Baby’s Brain Damage

March 19, 2018

The parents of a baby who suffered brain damage while in the hospital have filed a Florida medical malpractice lawsuit in which they allege that a hospital nurse was high on methamphetamine when he negligent dislodged the baby’s breathing tube while giving him a bath, which resulted in the bab[...]

$109M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict Subject To $100K Cap On Damages

February 7, 2018

On January 26, 2018, a Tampa medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in excess of $109 million in favor of the plaintiff who lost her hands and feet following minor surgery for a benign ovarian cyst. The now 52-year-old woman was a civilian intelligence analyst in late 2010 when she was not al[...]

Brazilian Butt Lift Performed In Florida Storefront Clinic Claims Another Life

January 11, 2018

Some women seeking enhancements of their buttocks are flocking to storefront clinics in the Miami-Dade area of Florida that advertise reduced-price Brazilian butt lifts (fat grafting to the buttocks), in which a metal rod is thrust repeatedly in and out of the body through a surgical incision in ord[...]

Federal Judge Strikes Down Part Of Florida’s New Medical Malpractice Law

September 30, 2013

On September 25, 2013, a federal judge in Florida struck down a part of Florida’s recently enacted changes to its medical malpractice law because it was in conflict with federal law. At issue was Florida Statutes § 766.1065, which took effect on July 1, 2013, that added to the long-stan[...]

Supreme Court Of Florida Rejects Arbitration Agreement In Medical Malpractice Case

August 4, 2013

In its decision filed on June 20, 2013, the Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) held that an agreement to arbitrate a medical malpractice claim against a Florida surgeon was unenforceable. The patient had signed a “Financial Agreement” prior to his surgery t[...]

$38.5 Million Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict (Plus “Strikes”)

May 18, 2013

On May 17, 2013, after a month-long trial before a medical malpractice jury in Broward County, Florida, the plaintiffs were awarded $38 million and the two medical malpractice defendant doctors were assessed “strikes.” The “strikes” were assessed by the medical malpractice ju[...]

Florida Supreme Court Binds Deceased Nursing Home Resident’s Heirs To Arbitration Agreement

February 17, 2013

In its decision issued on February 14, 2013, the Supreme Court of Florida held that an arbitration provision in an otherwise valid contract binds the signing party’s estate and heirs in a subsequent wrongful death case, finding that the nature of wrongful death actions in Florida is derivative a[...]

Children In Nursing Homes – 14-Year-Old’s Tragic Death In Florida

November 15, 2012

A profoundly disabled 14-year-old girl who suffered from cerebral palsy, seizures, and other ailments, was well-cared for at home, according to her mother. Her mother diligently pureed her foods, took care of her hygiene, and provided her daughter with love, attention, and compassion. That all ch[...]

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 [...]

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