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Florida Supreme Court strikes down caps on noneconomic damages in other types of medical malpractice cases.

Back 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…

16 October

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Florida Supreme Court upholds statutory “foreign body presumption of malpractice,” even when additional evidence of negligence exists.

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Normally, 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…

03 October

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Appeals court upholds NICA weight distinction

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in claims, Legal Advice, medical malpractice

Appeals 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…

10 September

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Florida Supreme Court holds Florida patients are entitled to access to hospital adverse incident reports, in spite of federal statute.

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Florida 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…

30 August

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Appeals court ruling on patient fall cases

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Appeals 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…

11 August

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Florida Supreme Court strikes down an obstetrician’s “mandatory” patient arbitration agreement.

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Florida 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…

03 August

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$7.9 million dollar medical malpractice verdict for 77-year-old stroke victim

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The 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…

31 July

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Congrats to UCF on Their New Teaching Hospital, But….

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Congratulations to the University of Central Florida on obtaining state approval for building a new teaching hospital to go along with its new medical school. We are fans of UCF…

24 July

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Payouts Decline for the 15th Straight Year

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Medical Malpractice Payments Decline for the 15th Straight Year Insurance companies and doctors frequently complain that the rising cost of malpractice claims is a reason to place restrictions on malpractice law suits. They claim there…

Florida Supreme Court strikes down caps on noneconomic damages in other types of medical malpractice cases.

Florida Supreme Court upholds statutory “foreign body presumption of malpractice,” even when additional evidence of negligence exists.

Appeals court upholds NICA weight distinction

Florida Supreme Court holds Florida patients are entitled to access to hospital adverse incident reports, in spite of federal statute.

Appeals court ruling on patient fall cases

Florida Supreme Court strikes down an obstetrician’s “mandatory” patient arbitration agreement.

$7.9 million dollar medical malpractice verdict for 77-year-old stroke victim

Congrats to UCF on Their New Teaching Hospital, But….

Payouts Decline for the 15th Straight Year

$10.35 Million dollar settlement for a blind and partially paralyzed man

$12 Million FTCA Medical Malpractice Recovery in South Florida

$5 million given by Trulieve to support recreational marijuana in FL

$7.9 million dollar medical malpractice verdict for 77-year-old stroke victim

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