VA Hospitals have been targeted in the press for providing substandard care to their patients. They have also been targeted in an escalating number of lawsuits that are largely due to medical malpractice claims. Yearly settlements by the VA went from $98 million in 2011 to $338 million in 2015, a more than 300% increase […]
Medical Malpractice
Is the State of Florida Partially to Blame for High Incidents of Medical Malpractice?
According to a report issued in November of 2017, there were over 24,000 cases of medical malpractice that were settled in the plaintiff’s favor over the last decade. But disciplinary actions were pursued against doctors in only 128 of those cases. In fact, some doctors have been permitted to continue practicing medicine despite having in […]
Arbitrary Limitations to Florida’s Wrongful Death Act Can Impact Malpractice Suits
Florida’s Wrongful Death Act is the subject of widespread controversy. This is due in large part to the seemingly arbitrary limitations placed on who is and is not allowed to recover damages on behalf of a deceased victim. Take the follow situation for example, a retired father of three independent, adult children (over the age […]
Lawsuits Emerge from Misdiagnosed Strokes
It unfortunately happens more often than it should. A physician, often in the emergency room, misdiagnoses and/or under treats a patient who has just suffered a stroke or is suffering an on-going stroke at the time. Often times there is a critical time period during which a stroke must be treated. If physicians and ER […]
Former Department of Defense Analyst Wins $109 Million in Botched Surgery that Cost Her All Four Limbs
A former analyst for the Department of Defense needed to have an ovarian cyst removed before she could go on assignment in Iraq. A Hillsborough County jury found that during the surgery, her surgeon mistakenly lacerated her small intestine resulting in a systemic infection, causing her to become septic. Sadly, this resulted in the amputation […]
