Flu season is in full effect and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has even issued a flu epidemic warning for this year's strain. The 2018 flu strain is…
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 readingCongratulations 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…
Continue readingMedical 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…
Continue readingA patient died of meningitis caused by an ear infection, and his widow sued for medical malpractice. Up until trial, there was no allegation in the pleadings or by the…
Continue readingAppeals court holds that a claim brought against a hospital alleging failure to properly screen its staff members, one of whom then sexually assaulted the patient, is a medical malpractice…
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Appeals court quashes trial court order reinstating medical malpractice complaint after dismissal based on failure to comply with presuit expert “same specialty” requirement. There is a statute in Florida…
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