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 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 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 readingBefore performing spinal fusion surgery, the surgeon had the patient sign a release form stating the following: As of January 1, 2013, [the doctor] will not carry any medical malpractice…
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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