Everybody knows the push behind Amendment 3 to severely limit the fees lawyers can charge in Florida in medical malpractice claims was an effort to restrict the rights of victims to seek justice. Only a banana could have believed the medical profession was just doing a good deed for malpractice victims.The Florida Supreme Court has now done the right thing and ruled clients may waive their...
The Associated Press reports that a Louisiana Appeals Court has observed the obvious - a $500,000 cap on medical malpractice damages established in 1975 has been impacted by inflation in the intervening years. In 2006, the cap is actually worth only $160,000 which, by the way, the Court feels no longer is fair.Maybe we should ask the Louisiana Court to do some calculating on the Florida cap on...
TampaBays10 is reporting that a collision between two pleasure boats has injured eight adults in Venice.Accidents on the water are often more difficult to investigate because the forensic evidence that is common in a roadway after a motor vehicle crash is not available. For example, skidmarks on the pavement just aren't there. Nevertheless, maritime accident experts are available to piece...
A young man and his grandfather are the first people in Washington to face criminal charges under a new law punishing drivers who don't tie down a load in their vehicle, leading to a deadly accident.King County prosecutors say a metal shelving unit flew from the back of Clark's pickup truck -- which Clark had helped load but Campbell was driving -- and caused a four-car crash near Shoreline as...
In 1997, a 30-year-old woman died following a routine ambulatory surgical procedure to remove uterine fibroids. During the procedure, a new device was being utilized by the medical staff with the manufacturer's representative present in the operating room. The new device delivered 9000 milliliters of saline to the patient, with only 1,100 milliliters of output. The consequences were fatal and...
The risks of identity theft are high and getting even higher. Now these risks have invaded our health insurance and medical care systems. On September 25, 2006, the Los Angeles Times reported on problems associated with medical identity fraud. According to the LA Times, Although the most typical of the millions of identity theft cases in the U.S. each year involve credit cards, a 2003...
College campuses should not be centers of hazing. I applaud the Tallahassee prosecutor who is doing his part to end the practice in our state.The Associated Press has the story:Trial Puts Fla. Anti-Hazing Law to TestTALLAHASSEE, Fla. --In the first major courtroom test of the state's anti-hazing law, a prosecutor Wednesday described for jurors how an aspiring Florida A&M University fraternity...
I have been innvolved in litigation and trial for the past several days and only recently discovered that this nation has a problem with an outbreak of E.Coli bacteria and tainted spinach. According to the New York Times discussion of the E.Coli problems which have resulted in illness of at least 100 people: E. coli is abundant in the digestive systems of healthy cattle and humans, and if your...