“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.”
Still perfecting that union. Here is my post from January 2019: Jail Cell Letters
The cutoff date to file a medical malpractice lawsuit is extended if a medical practitioner flees the state within the four-year lawsuit deadline, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled recently.
Here is a case out of Ohio allowing a claim to proceed, even where the defendant makes himself difficult to find and serve with process. Ohio Supreme Court: Patients can pursue legal claim against doctor who fled country I had a similar and horrific case involving a small child killed in an office setting during […]
The Wait
Said the wait child, bruised ball child, pride slapped child hurts The wait child, crest felled child, tear eyed child hurts The wait child, bus stop child, late come child hurts The wait child, platform walk, idle talk hurts Pretenders, The Wait So many of my cases have involved a delay in the face of […]
The Battle of Evermore: How the Insurance Lobby Rules Florida
The end of the year brings legislative sessions to a close, setting up final face-offs between special interests affected by pending legislation. Back in the Spring, I wrote in separate posts about a long hoped-for consumer win in Florida to change unfair wrongful death laws: Turns out, politics isn’t the only place where misinformation is […]
Happy 100th: Broward Trial Lawyer Jay Simons Is What It Is About!
DAYS FROM HIS 100 BIRTHDAY, BROWARD COUNTY’S JAMES JAY SIMONS ISN’T SLOWING DOWN I learned more in twenty minutes sitting across from Jay Simon’s desk than any lawyer I’ve known, with two exceptions (and one is my Father).
NEJM: For-Profit Medical Schools — Concerns about Quality and Oversight
The nonprofit-governance requirement for medical schools was a core component of U.S. medical care’s transformation. But recently, several for-profit schools have been provisionally or fully accredited. Here is the link to the New England Journal of Medicine article: For-Profit Medical Schools — Concerns about Quality and Oversight
Why Are Traffic Fatalities Going Up in The US and Nowhere Else?
That assessment has become increasingly true. The U.S. has diverged over the past decade from other comparably developed countries, where traffic fatalities have been falling. This American exception became even starker during the pandemic. In 2020, as car travel plummeted around the world, traffic fatalities broadly fell as well. But in the U.S., the opposite […]
Normally, I’d Say Don’t ask the Chamber of Commerce or Forbes About Your Consumer Rights
But based on the states I’m familiar with, these numbers appear okay. What’s missing is the “knew or should have known” analysis – but perhaps they don’t want to acknowledge the extensions provided by those laws. Forbes Advisor List of Med Mal SOL’s
Transcendent Ramblin’
Work takes me all over. I’ve had the privilege to travel all around this great land, but mostly crisscrossing Florida. Last few weeks, I spent a lot of time burning across the top of the lake through Okeechobee on 70 West. There’s also plenty of travel up and down major highways: 95, 75, and the […]
Handoff Miscommunications Cause Serious Medical Malpractice Injury
Here’s a link to the story on the Journal of Hospital Medicine Story: Study: I-PASS Handoff Program Helps Reduce Patient Harm And here’s a link to a video, links to published opinions, and a description of my experience litigating and trying handoff miscommunication and other incidents of medical malpractice. My Medical Malpractice Experience Page