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Daily Business Review

Suit Brewing Against Miami Nursing Home Where Staff Allegedly Infected Resident With COVID-19

Nearly 400 nursing homes and assisted living facilities in the state have at least one confirmed case of the coronavirus.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Defense Argued Doctor Properly Evaluated Patient's Symptoms

The man argued a lung X-ray would have found a fluid buildup and shortened his hospitalization.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

Justices Ponder Apportionment Plea in $46M Med-Mal Verdict

At the heart of the case is whether vicarious liability claims were sufficiently pleaded and whether the defendants were barred from seeking apportionment because they failed to file a notice of nonparty fault 120 days before trial.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Punt on Whether Judge's Absence During Voir Dire Requires New Trial

In a concurring opinion, Justice Christine Donohue, joined by four other justices, expressed concern that judges are not required to be present for voir dire in civil cases the way they are in criminal cases.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Lawyer Lands $30 Million Verdict From Case that Started With Broken Ankle and Ended With Death

While an initial treatment plan for Maria Fernandez seemed to be precisely what she needed to recover from her routine injury, a jury awarded damages to the surviving spouse because it found doctors had failed to follow through with the plan.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Defense Counsel's Comment to Witness Means New Med Mal Trial for Ex-NFL Player

"'Five thousand. Five thousand of those radiologists and [the plaintiff] couldn't find one of them to come into this courtroom to support [his fact witness] did you know that?'" defense counsel asked the defendant's musculoskeletal radiology expert on the witness stand.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Measure Granting Immunity to Medical Professionals, Facilities During COVID-19 Signed Into Law

S-2333/A-3910, which mirrors legislation in other states, stirred debate in both houses before passing the Legislature Monday. It was signed into law Tuesday.
11 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Special Section: Medical Malpractice

In The Legal's Medical Malpractice supplement read about medical malpractice cases and mental health, birth injury litigation and why it's time to embrace telehealth as the new normal.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Don't Sue Us: Florida Hospitals, Nursing Homes Want Protection From COVID-19 Lawsuits

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Florida Health Care Association says long-term caregivers should be able to make tough decisions while working with residents and patients, without having to worry about being sued.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

'14 Times?': Lawyers Land $4M Verdict Over Doctor's Failed Attempts to Insert Catheter

William Zoeller and Michael Baxter alleged that a 72-year-old South Florida man shouldn't have died during non-emergency surgery.
7 minute read

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