Patients in nursing homes especially are vulnerable to medication errors and other types of medical malpractice. Florida law clearly sets a standard of care for nursing homes, but many nursing homes, because of understaffing, are unable to meet those standards adequately. One of the most common ways in which nursing homes fail to act in […]
Medical Malpractice
Cosmetic Surgery and Medical Malpractice in Florida
Florida’s reputation precedes it as one of the cosmetic surgery capitals in the world. While a steady diet of Florida citrus fruits and sunshine does its part to keep Floridians looking young, elective surgical procedures are quite popular here. Florida doctors perform more than two million cosmetic procedures per year. In Florida, medical malpractice laws […]
Chirillo v. Granicz Appeal Raises Difficult Questions About Physician Duty in an Outpatient Setting
In any medical malpractice case, it is necessary for the plaintiff to establish that the physician had a duty to care for the patient and also that the physician did not uphold the standard of care. This is especially difficult in the field of psychiatry, where a substantial amount of physicians’ information about the improvement […]
Medical Malpractice and Florida’s Opioid Abuse Epidemic
Abuse of opioid drugs has increased rapidly throughout the United States in the last decade. It has gotten so bad that, last month, President Trump declared the opioid drug abuse epidemic a national emergency. Even before the spike in overdose deaths gained the attention of national media, Floridians could not help but notice the proliferation […]
Florida Medical Malpractice Myths and Facts
One of the ugliest stereotypes about the legal profession is that medical malpractice law is a way for patients to make it increasingly difficult for doctors and nurses to do their jobs. Anyone who has ever actually tried to file a medical malpractice or medical negligence claim, though, quickly finds out that Florida law has […]
