Tag Archives: Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
Filing a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit in Florida
Under Florida law, you’re allowed to sue doctors, hospitals and other medical professionals who injure you. But you have to prove that you’re entitled to compensation, and you only have a limited amount of time to file a lawsuit. Here are a few things you need to know about filing a medical malpractice claim… Read More »
Florida Supreme Court Ruling in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
Recovering damages in a personal injury lawsuit isn’t always easy. While a jury might agree that you have been injured and are entitled to compensation, actually obtaining that compensation can be problematic, especially if the party you are suing doesn’t have the money to pay you. That’s what happened in a lawsuit that recently… Read More »
Deadly Drug Interactions Increasing Cause of Medical Malpractice Claims
It is no secret that the pharmaceutical companies routinely create one drug that stops X symptoms, but that creates Y and Z symptoms. They then create another drug to counteract those symptoms, and so on and so forth. Because of this, when an individual is prescribed one medication for their medical condition, they end… Read More »
Feres Doctrine Makes it Next to Impossible to Sue the Military for Medical Malpractice
According to Military Times, 2,111 administrative claims for medical malpractice were filed against the Army, Navy, and Air Force medical hospitals and medical centers from 2010-2015. Of those 2,111 claims, 254 resulted in medical malpractice lawsuits. In 2015 alone, 174 “sentinel events” – or unexpected occurrences resulting in death or serious physical or psychological… Read More »
Palm Beach Jury Awards $7.7 Million To Victim Of Botched Plastic Surgery
A Palm Beach jury recently awarded a Connecticut woman and her husband $7.7 million dollars after she suffered debilitating injuries from a botched liposuction procedure in 2006. The medical malpractice suit named the doctor who performed the surgery as well as the hospital she was admitted to following complications from the operation. During the… Read More »