Following a Florida Supreme Court decision that struck down caps on certain awards in medical malpractice lawsuits, the members of a 2002 task force that supported those caps are calling for a constitutional amendment that would place the caps on …
The state’s civil rights laws include the protection of women discriminated against for pregnancy, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The opinion finds that the intent of current statute, though not explicitly addressing pregnancy, protects individuals based on gender. In …
There is one simple way for a Florida medical clinic to avoid being licensed and undergoing an annual inspection: Don’t accept insurance. A bill moving through the Legislature would close that loophole for so-called cash-only clinics, which can escape government …
Cash-only medical clinics are allowed to skirt the licensing and regulation most other clinics are subject to, a loophole that a Florida lawmaker contends allows some of them to dispense drugs illicitly. State Sen. Eleanor Sobel, D-Hollywood, addresses the secrecy …
Defendants who can be named in lawsuits against nursing homes in Florida would be limited under a bill that moved this week through the House Civil Justice Committee. Developers, silent partners and other parties that could be unconnected to accused …
