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Father And Son Plastic Surgeons Face Over 160 Medical Malpractice Lawsuits In Florida

June 11, 2016

A Florida plastic surgeon and his son, who is also a Florida plastic surgeon, are reportedly facing more than 160 medical malpractice claims that they disfigured their patients as a result of negligently performed breast surgery, with many complaining that they have been left with pain and withou[...]

Only 4 Of 25 Florida Physicians With The Most Medical Malpractice Payouts Have Lost Their License

September 25, 2014

A review of the 25 physicians in Florida who had the largest number of medical malpractice payouts as a result of judgments and settlements found that only four of them had lost their license to practice medicine in Florida. Of the four who lost their Florida medical license, three lost their lice[...]

What Is Medical Malpractice? (Maryland, California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)

September 8, 2012

What is medical malpractice? Here are the “official” definitions of medical malpractice from Maryland, California, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina: Maryland MD. COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS, Code Ann. § 3-2A-02 (2012) § 3-2A-02. Exclusiveness of procedures(1) In any a[...]

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 Claim For Amputated Penis

May 22, 2012

A former Florida man filed a medical malpractice claim in Florida against an anesthesiologist, claiming that the anesthesiologist committed medical malpractice and that the medical negligence resulted in the man having to have his penis surgically amputated. The man claims in his medical malprac[...]

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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