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Continue readingOne of the Presidents of the United States was Killed by Medical Malpractice Here is the story of President James A. Garfield: Less than 4 months after obtaining office Garfield…
Continue readingBack in 2004, a law was passed by the Florida Legislature placing severe caps on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases. In a Florida Supreme Court case decided back in…
Continue readingNormally, a malpractice plaintiff must prove that malpractice occurred, causing their injuries. But Florida has a law which provides that following a surgery if a foreign object is found left…
Continue readingAppeals court holds NICA distinction between minimum weights for single births and multiple gestations does not violate federal equal protection laws. The NICA program, which provides compensation for certain…
Continue readingFlorida Supreme Court holds Florida patients are entitled to access to hospital adverse incident reports, in spite of federal statute. For many decades, there were laws on the books…
Continue readingAppeals court finds that if an unstable patient falls while being escorted to receive medical treatment, it may or may not be medical malpractice. The distinction between a medical…
Continue readingFlorida Supreme Court Strikes Down A pregnant patient was having contractions but because she showed up a few minutes late for the appointment with her obstetrician, they turned her away…
Continue readingThe Plaintiff, a woman in her seventies, had been on the anticoagulant drug Coumadin for years. This was due to a propensity for developing dangerous blood clots. She had a…
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