Medical Malpractice

A Palm Beach woman was scheduled to have a relatively simple spinal fusion surgery done at Wellington Regional Medical Center but left without her kidney. Now she’s suing for medical malpractice. The general surgeon, who was tasked with operating on the woman, mistook her kidney for a tumor and, without her consent, removed it entirely. […]

Former defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings, Sharrif Floyd, has initiated a $180 million medical malpractice lawsuit against renowned orthopedic surgeon, Dr. James Andrews. Floyd has filed a litany of complaints against the surgeon alongside eight other named defendants in a lawsuit that alleges the doctor essentially ended his football career. Floyd alleges that he […]

Florida has always been among the states that sought to curtail what it felt were “frivolous” medical malpractice lawsuits aimed at doctors. In the process, it passed some very bad laws, including damage caps, that were later found to be unconstitutional. While damage caps that limited the amount of money a patient or a patient’s […]

In what’s becoming a troubling trend for doctors, hospitals, and patients, a recent lawsuit alleges that Palm West Hospital lied to the family of a man who died in their care. Now, the family of the young man is suing the hospital that they claim is responsible for their son’s death. The pain, they say, […]

The Tampa Bay Times recently ran a piece on a Florida emergency room doctor accused of medical negligence. When this doctor was hit with a medical malpractice lawsuit he was so consumed with defending his own actions that he failed to settle the suit even at the urging of his own malpractice insurance company. Is […]