Category Archives: Medical Malpractice
Florida’s Pre-Suit Notice Requirements and the Role of Medical Experts
In traumatic brain injury cases, as in all medical malpractice actions in Florida, injured patients are required to comply with the state’s pre-suit notice requirements. These statutory prerequisites to the lawsuit, which are designed to weed out frivolous cases, add an element of expert opinion—a question over which parties frequently litigate—fairly early in the… Read More »
Hospital Errors On the Rise
Hospitals across the country are reporting a rise in serious medical errors and other patient injuries that occurred last year. In Massachusetts, acute-care hospitals reported 753 serious medical errors and 206 other serious reportable events in other types of hospitals, including facilities that provide psychiatric or rehabilitative care. Last year, hospitals also reported more… Read More »
