Monthly Archives: February 2019
Two Families File Court Documents Against All Children’s Hospital
Two families filed court documents one day apart with the Pinellas County court against the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg. Both families had children that were patients at the hospital’s heart institute who had suffered permanent and debilitating injuries as a result of their treatment and are claiming that the heart… Read More »
West Palm Beach Truck Driver Involved in Fatal Accident had Multiple Tickets
The truck driver held responsible for the fiery accident that left seven people dead, including five children, received several tickets as a commercial truck driver over the years. Steve Holland, 59, of West Palm Beach was ticketed multiple times across the country while driving large commercial trucks between 2000 and 2014. He was cited… Read More »
Senior Suffers Fatal Injuries at Local Nursing Home
Last July, a resident at a Palm Beach County nursing home was catastrophically injured, ultimately resulting in her death. Shirley Kazan, 87, was sent to the emergency room from Boulevard Rehabilitation Center on July 8, 2017 for impaired breathing. Once at the hospital, doctors discovered that Kazan had suffered from seven broken ribs, internal… Read More »
Florida Court Ruling Expands Medical Malpractice Possibilities
The Florida Supreme Court’s decision in a ruling made in December expands the possibilities for victims of medical malpractice to hold all medical professionals accountable for their actions. In the case of Ruiz v. Tenet Hialeah Healthsystem Inc. et al., the state supreme court revived the claims against an anesthesiologist who was accused of… Read More »
West Palm Beach Police Officer Hits Two Pedestrians
The police are investigating a car accident involving one of their own after a West Palm Beach police officer struck two pedestrians last week. The accident took place on the 3100 block of North Jog Road in West Palm Beach around midnight on January 21. The police officer was patrolling the Apoxee Trail when… Read More »
Florida Medical Malpractice Presuit Experts Must Share Specialty
A Florida appeals court released two opinions last week that require presuit affidavits in medical malpractice cases be from a healthcare provider who specializes in the same field as the medical professional being sued. Both cases stemmed from botched surgery cases in Florida, where the victims in these cases filed presuit affidavits from a… Read More »
