This blog tracks the challenges posed by changes in law and healthcare, focusing on serious but avoidable harms that can arise. Through our new association with TrySail Litigation Services, we are extending the services available to clients and guests alike. TrySail is an e-commerce law store, product site and online litigation support center featuring access to investigations, […]
Last week, Congress failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act or to replace it with a bill that would have upended Americans’ access to healthcare for the second time in the last few years. As noted on this blog, the American healthcare system has been in a never-ending state of upheaval for generations. Political “fixes” […]
Another consumer victory we championed in the appellate courts. Insurance companies often claim that everything they do on a particular claim is privileged and secret because it is their “work product” prepared in anticipation of litigation. That is not always true and we successfully appealed the issue in Signorelli v. Fireman’s Fund. In that case, […]
The Charles decision from the Supreme Court is not our only important victory in appellate court for consumers. We have successfully pursued appeals in many and varied matters. You can find many of them on our website. In 2004, Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal ruled in our client’s favor in Owens v. Nationwide. You […]
H/T Sara Fitzpatrick Comito of Conric for her beautiful writing. Lawyer celebrates fulfillment of father’s legacy with landmark Supreme Court decision William deForest Thompson Jr. helped lay groundwork in healthcare consumer victory FORT MYERS, Fla. (Feb. xx, 2017) – Two years after the death of his father, Fort Myers attorney William deForest Thompson, Jr. is […]
After Florida voters overwhelmingly passed Amendment 7, Florida’s Legislature tried to tear its heart out by passing Florida Statute Section 381.028 at the behest of their paymasters, the health industry. The Statute explicitly contradicted Amendment 7 by making the information about adverse medical incidents an industry secret again. Under the Statute, there was no way […]
Eight years ago, an article appeared in the Florida Bar Journal tracking the tumultuous progress of Amendment 7. “On November 2, 2004, voters in Florida overwhelmingly approved Amendment 7. Known as the ‘Patients Right to Know About Adverse Medical Incidents,” Amendment 7 represents one of the most sweeping changes in law and public policy ever […]
In the Summer of 1985, I was just out of 1L and clerking at my Father’s office in Ft. Lauderdale. My first assignment involved reading depositions in the case of an amateur boxer being maintained on life support after an AAU bout in Miami. The allegation was that the bout had been negligently staged without […]
A week ago, the Florida Supreme Court decided Charles v. Baptist, a medical malpractice case filed by my Father in Duval County (Jacksonville). As is often the case, the result is rightfully credited to an army of skilled lawyers – most of them fronting their time and their money on behalf of a relatively powerless […]
More Than Half of Failed Clinical Trials Unpublished Less than half of failed clinical trials are published in peer review journals, according to a new study. Practically, this may be due to the fact that there are no sponsors or financial stakeholders willing to contribute to a public relations push when their new ‘wonder […]
