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While the new health care bill is being debated in Washington, there is something individuals can do right now to ensure that they are receiving the best possible care. Most of the...
So far in 2009, almost 300,000 Floridians have lost their health insurance, along with their jobs. The link between health coverage and the rise in unemployment is important, because nearly...
Sometimes the first step to recovery is protecting yourself during your hospital visit. Medical and human error during standard daily care and medical procedures are very real dangers and patients...
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...
I recently resolved a medical malpractice case that raises serious concerns surrounding the granting of privileges to doctors by hospitals. Mary Smith went to a local hospital because she broke her...
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...
With President Obama’s speech to Congress last night outlining the details of his overhaul of healthcare in the United States, one interesting point popped up - the fact that Obama would...
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...
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....
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...