Medical malpractice causes thousands of injuries and deaths every year. Here are the facts you should be aware of. • Medical malpractice is the third most common cause of death in the United States, after heart disease and cancer, according…
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Tampa Bay area pill mill doctor and wife convicted on drug charges
A Tampa doctor who practiced in Pinellas Park, and his wife, were convicted of federal drug conspiracy charges, for prescribing oxycodone and other medications that a jury found led to three patient deaths. Dr. Edward Neil Feldman, a 76-year-old orthopedist,…
Nursing assistant sentenced to jail in Florida nursing home abuse case
Nursing home abuse and neglect was at the forefront of a recent case in which a former certified nursing assistant in Florida received a five-month jail sentence and five years of probation for the abuse of a nursing home resident,…
Florida traffic deaths on the rise
In 2012, government agencies set a goal of reducing deaths from Florida car accidents by 5 percent per year. That effort has now officially crashed. According to preliminary numbers from the state Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, there…
Florida pill mill shut down, 11 arrested
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that an alleged Florida pill mill has been shut down. The closing of Swain Medical Center followed a multi-year investigation by authorities. Eleven people were arrested in connection with the case, and one remains…
Wrongful death lawsuit filed by widow of Florida man killed in theater
The widow of a man shot to death in a Tampa Bay area theater has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the theater, one of its employees and its developer. Nicole Oulson, widow of Chad Oulson, seeks a jury trial…
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Error rate of hospital pharmacists rises with greater workload
Errors made by pharmacists are a type of pharmaceutical negligence that can constitute medical malpractice. According to a recent study, the rate of errors made by hospital pharmacists increased significantly when their workload expanded. The study, published in the American…
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Florida school board agrees to pay settlement to football player with brain injury
The Hillsborough County School Board agreed to settle a lawsuit by an injured high school football player and his family. The school board will pay $2 million to settle the brain injury lawsuit. The 16-year-old was not wearing a helmet…
Appeals court rules Florida provision requiring disclosure of adverse medical incidents preempted by federal law
A provision of the Florida constitution that requires health care providers to disclose adverse medical incidents is preempted by federal law, a state appeals court has ruled. In the case of Baptist Hospital of Florida, Inc. v. Jean Charles, Jr.,…
Family of Florida boy who suffered brain injury sues fumigation company
The family of a Florida boy has filed a lawsuit against a pest control company, claiming that incompetent fumigation caused the boy to suffer brain damage. According to the lawsuit, Terminix Pest Control and its subcontractor Sunland Pest Control negligently…
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