Recent Blog Posts
Court Upholds Patients’ Privacy Rights, Strikes Down Florida Medical Malpractice Provision
A major piece of Florida’s new medical malpractice law was struck down recently in federal court. The offending provision in Florida Statutes 766-1065 required a plaintiff, when filing a pre-suit notification of a medical malpractice claim, to authorize the defense team (the lawyers, insurance company adjustors, and the defendant doctors themselves) to talk to… Read More »
Failure to Heed Stop Sign Sends Four People to the Hospital Traffic Violation May Prove Negligence
Earlier this month, a car crash at a county road intersection in DeKalb County in northeastern Indiana sent four people to the hospital and sent one of the cars crashing into a home, which quickly caught on fire. Fortunately, no one was home at the time; otherwise, there may have been even more serious… Read More »
After Nearly 40 Years, California May Increase Medical Malpractice Caps
A California consumer group, Consumer Watchdog California, is circulating an initiative petition to put a question on the next general election ballot, asking voters to increase the statutory cap on damages in medical malpractice cases. Presently, injured plaintiffs are limited to recovering no more than $250,000 in noneconomic damages (pain and suffering) when they… Read More »
Weekend Car Accident Takes the Lives of Lynn Couple, Injures Others
A two-car collision near U.S. Route 35 and 675-E on Saturday claimed the lives of two of the occupants of one of the vehicles and injured several others. The accident occurred late Saturday morning on July 20th amid pouring rain. The crash occurred when a Chevrolet Equinox traveling northbound apparently hydroplaned into the southbound… Read More »
