In the end, we all got COVID-19. We were in the first line of fire. But the ones who bore the brunt of the virus were the residents. On April 20, 2020, when I caught it, 63 of the 180 residents at the home had already died. It was total chaos. We were forbidden from referring […]
My first year practicing law was the year Florida started limiting the rights of medical malpractice victims. “Tort reform” started in 1988 with Florida’s pre-suit screening rules, making it more difficult to hold hospitals and health care providers responsible for the catastrophic costs of malpractice. Not satisfied with these protections, Florida’s legislature later added changes […]
The United States care system is often failing to meet the needs of individuals, families and communities affected by traumatic brain injury, according to a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The authors make many recommendations for advancing progress in TBI care, including changes to classification methods, improving research funding and […]
“The human mind always makes progress, but it is progress in spirals.” Madame de Stael A radiologist was recently called out of town on a trip that required more driving than he was used to lately. Between his tele-radiology readings at home and the pandemic restrictions, he found that he wasn’t used to travel and […]
This opinion piece in a local Florida paper is a decent summary of the pitfalls created by Florida’s legislature to keep victims of medical malpractice out of court. Please take care hiring a lawyer to investigate your serious medical malpractice claim. Medical malpractice cases are some of the most expensive and difficult to take through […]
Florida bars any wrongful death claims for victims of medical malpractice where other families with different types of wrongful death claims are allowed to proceed. I have been fighting against this cruel law for most of my career. While the legislature dithers around with bills proposed to remedy this inequity (powerful insurance and health care […]
I am approaching the beginning of 2022 like the last two years were an illness because we spent them obsessing over one. To get what we want – a return to some kind of normal and with any luck full jury trial dockets functioning – we need to take our medicine, take doctors’ advice, finish […]
The report found that many firms believe the remote environment has damaged personal relationships at work and the sense of belonging amongst many lawyers. “This is playing out in the ease with which lawyers—from partners to associates—have moved firms during the pandemic, often with little inkling of their impending departure,” it stated. Report On 2022 […]
One of my favorite films about trial lawyering is The Verdict (1982), starring Paul Newman and directed by Sidney Lumet. David Mamet adapted the screenplay from a 1980 novel by Barry Reed. Newman plays Frank Galvin, a lawyer holding on tightly to a medical malpractice claim near the end of his career. He is strung […]
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