Posts tagged medical malpractice

• The Medical Malpractice Myth

  Ed Normand | February 11, 2010 8:30 AM | 5 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  We hear many politicians these days calling for tort reform, claiming that the medical malpractice system is broken, and blaming personal injury attorneys. And as time goes on, we will probably hear...

• Medical Malpractice Reform: The True Numbers?

  Ed Normand | October 05, 2009 9:00 AM | 5 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A recent article in TIME magazine about malpractice reform, available at: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1924501,00.html, caught my eye for several reasons. First, the article...

• Why Link Medical Malpractice Reform With Healthcare Reform? Does not make sense.

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | October 01, 2009 9:20 AM | 5 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  For the past few months, the one public policy that has been on every American's mind is health care reform. It seems like everyone has their own, unique opinion on the state of our country's health...

• Specialty Courts Would Bring Special Problem - Bias

  Bob Carroll | January 12, 2006 8:40 PM | 5 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The Wall Street Journal's Law Blog casually floats the idea of special courts for medical malpractice claims. Nice try, Wall Street, but I prefer my justice served with fairness and impartiality. Some years ago my clients and I experienced the kind of justice that occurs in a special tribunal in the State of Florida. The special tribunal process was created as part of a pre-suit screening...

• Medical Malpractice and Money

  Ed Normand | October 07, 2009 9:00 AM | 4 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The public perception that medical malpractice cases regularly result in large awards of money is an unrealistic one. Even if a plaintiff prevails at trial, there is no guarantee that any money will...

• Medical Malpractice Caps Invading our Constitutional Rights.

  Jeffrey Meldon | July 03, 2009 7:00 AM | 2 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Medical Malpractice Caps, are caps on non-economic damages (i.e. pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, loss of a loved one), namely, limiting of the total amount payable to the injured in...

• National Television Ads To Highlight Costs Of Frivolous Lawsuits - A Frivolous Ad Campaign?

  Bob Carroll | October 05, 2005 8:34 AM | 2 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A National Television Advertising Campaign to Highlight the Costs of Frivolous Lawsuits on Our Healthcare System. What are frivolous lawsuits and outrageous jury awards? They do not exist. The only thing that can properly called outrageous would be the unfair and unfounded criticism of a jury verdict. The press release from SickofLawsuits.org trumpets it is launching a National Television...

• Maryland Family Sues Dentist for Wrongful Death

  Ed Normand | January 10, 2012 9:02 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A Maryland family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against an anesthesiologist and a surgeon after their teenage daughter died 10 days after a routine surgical wisdom tooth extraction, according to...

• Americans should look at Insurance Reform Before Espousing Tort Reform

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | October 21, 2009 4:39 PM | 1 CommentMiami, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  There is a lot of energy about the various Health Care Bills that are being prepared and proposed by Congress. One issue on lots of minds is tort reform. Some elected officials are for tort reform,...

• Dragons, Tort Reform and Other Myths

  John Hopkins | October 20, 2009 10:47 AM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I am not just picking on Jay Hancock at the Baltimore Sun and his comments about tort reform. Actually, Mr. Hancock’s comments, although containing the typical unsubstantiated statements that...