Medical Malpractice

• Suspicious Bonus System Leads to Injury

  Jim Clark | June 01, 2009 4:11 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Fox 13 Tampa Bay recently investigated a suspicious alleged bonus system in place at Brooksville Regional Hospital. According to the allegations, 47 year-old Dave Roberts arrived at the ER after...

• Verdict Against Florida Amputee Thrown Out

  Sandy Grinnell | June 01, 2009 4:08 PM | 4 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A Broward County Circuit Judge has done something extremely rare - he has reversed a jury verdict and ordered a new trial. The victim in this case lost of four of her limbs due to medical...

• New Report Suggests Declining Physician Discipline

  C. Todd Alley | April 27, 2009 10:28 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Public Citizen, a well-known, well-respected non-profit public interest organization, just released its yearly study of state medical boards for 2008. In this study, Public Citizen tracked the...

• Mystery Compound That Killed Horses In Florida To Be Revealed

  Eddie Farah | April 24, 2009 10:17 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Early this week, the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine may release the name of the drug that killed 21 polo horses as they were getting ready to compete in a Florida match. The...

• Who Does Limiting Attorney's Fees Eventually Hurt?

  Eddie Farah | February 28, 2009 12:37 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  An opinion in the Wall Street Journal this week talks about a bill introduced in the Florida legislature this week, HB 903, that would limit the amount a trial attorney could take home in the...

• Doctors Want To Protect Their Reputations

  Eddie Farah | February 20, 2009 10:21 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  We’ve already warned consumers against signing binding arbitration documents when you go to the doctor’s office and are presented with a pile of paperwork to sign. Binding arbitration...

• Doctors Force Patients To Sign Gag Orders

  Ed Normand | February 18, 2009 10:18 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A new and disturbing trend has been happening in physician offices in Florida. Doctors force patients to sign paperwork preventing the patients from commenting about the physicians on the internet....

• Local Surgeon Fined for Operating in Wrong Place

  Ed Normand | January 05, 2009 1:13 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  According to the Orlando Sentinel Business Section - 1/2/08: Dr. Lawrence S. Halperin of Orlando is a surgeon with Orlando Orthopaedic Associates. He committed medical malpractice and was fined...

• Make Sure Your Doctor Has Insurance

  Eddie Farah | January 03, 2009 11:20 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Florida is facing a health care crisis right around the corner. First there was the failing grade for access to Florida’s emergency rooms. Then there was a forecast of a doctor shortage with...

• ER Access - Florida Worst In The Nation

  Eddie Farah | December 12, 2008 12:10 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The news is not good if you need emergency room care in Florida. Florida ranked dead last in a national report on the ability of someone in a dire medical need to access emergency care. The study...