/tags/medical-malpractice medical malpractice en-US SA���ʴ�ı Wed, 15 Oct 2025 20:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2025-10-15/florida-house-revives-effort-to-repeal-medical-malpractice-damages-law More than four months after Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed the idea, the Florida House on Wednesday began a renewed effort to repeal a decades-old law that has prevented some people from pursuing key damages in medical-malpractice lawsuits. Wed, 15 Oct 2025 20:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2025-10-15/florida-house-revives-effort-to-repeal-medical-malpractice-damages-law Jim Saunders | News Service of Florida /government-politics/2025-03-07/medical-malpractice-laws Companion bills in both chambers would undo part of a 1990 law that involves wrongful death lawsuits and what are known as “noneconomic” damages for such things as pain and suffering. Fri, 07 Mar 2025 18:30:00 GMT /government-politics/2025-03-07/medical-malpractice-laws Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida /health/2022-11-29/when-malpractice-occurs-at-community-health-centers-taxpayers-pay The federal government made 485 payouts, totaling $410 million, in malpractice cases involving community health centers nationwide from 2018 through 2021. Search this chart to find how much was paid out for each local clinic. Tue, 29 Nov 2022 19:00:00 GMT /health/2022-11-29/when-malpractice-occurs-at-community-health-centers-taxpayers-pay Phil Galewitz - Kaiser Health News, Bram Sable Smith | Kaiser Health News /news/2022-02-10/florida-leaves-doctors-shielded-from-medical-malpractice-suits The Legislature will not overturn what critics deride as the state's "free kill" law, which generally prevents families from filing medical malpractice lawsuits against doctors or hospitals when the victims are adults. Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:43:07 GMT /news/2022-02-10/florida-leaves-doctors-shielded-from-medical-malpractice-suits Melissa Hernandez De La Cruz /2019-01-11/surgeon-fined-3k-for-removing-kidney-he-thought-was-tumor The Florida Board of Medicine says a West Palm Beach surgeon has agreed to pay a $3,000 fine for removing a woman's healthy kidney that he thought was a... Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:17:14 GMT /2019-01-11/surgeon-fined-3k-for-removing-kidney-he-thought-was-tumor Associated Press, Associated Press /2018-01-16/medical-malpractice-revision-moving-toward-november-ballot Florida voters may be asked in November to weigh in on medical malpractice. Tue, 16 Jan 2018 05:05:00 GMT /2018-01-16/medical-malpractice-revision-moving-toward-november-ballot The News Service of Florida /2017-11-28/medical-malpractice-records-battle-brews-in-florida Florida voters next year could be asked to once again dive into a never-ending tug-of-war over medical malpractice lawsuits. Tue, 28 Nov 2017 22:21:49 GMT /2017-11-28/medical-malpractice-records-battle-brews-in-florida CHRISTINE SEXTON - NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA /2017-07-27/doctors-with-multiple-malpractice-settlements-face-little-discipline-in-florida When appendicitis struck a young mother vacationing in St. Pete Beach eight years ago, she was rushed to Palms of Pasadena Hospital. There, Dr. Ernest... Thu, 27 Jul 2017 09:00:00 GMT /2017-07-27/doctors-with-multiple-malpractice-settlements-face-little-discipline-in-florida Carol Gentry