Category: Birth Injury

January 31, 2013

For Safety’s Sake: Doctors Expose Medical Malpractice Myths

CHEST is the peer reviewed official journal of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP). The ACCP's membership are doctors who practice …

January 30, 2013

By Stuart N. Ratzan

Treating Catastrophic Birth Related Brain Injuries: A Chance to Limit a Vexing Problem?

For some time, physicians have been providing hypothermia, or cooling treatments, to infants suspected of suffering hypoxic brain injuries at or surrounding …

December 21, 2012

By Stuart N. Ratzan

Ex Parte Communications With a Med Mal Plaintiff’s Treating Physicians: Not Happening in Florida

The Florida Supreme Court handed down Hasan v. Garvar this week and further solidified the integrity of doctor-patient confidentiality for medical malpractice …

December 7, 2012

By Stuart N. Ratzan

How to Handle Medicaid Liens: When Florida Medicaid Seeks too Much

After Arkansas Department of Health & Human Services v. Ahlborn, 547 U.S. 268 (2006), the United States Supreme Court decision allowing for …

November 15, 2012

By Stuart N. Ratzan

A Med Mal Conundrum: When the Subsequent Treating Doctor Gets in the Way

Unseen land mines are everywhere in medical malpractice cases, especially here in Florida. A recurring issue is the question of "causation" when …

November 1, 2012

By Stuart N. Ratzan

Why Lawsuits Matter: The Case of the New England Compounding Center

The other day, I sat on an airplane next to a surgeon. We were heading to Boston. He is a surgical chief …

October 17, 2012

By Stuart N. Ratzan

Say No to Expert Witness “Certification:” Just Another Cynical Effort to Stifle Victims of Medical Malpractice

Florida Statutes sections 766.102 (12) and 458.3175 seek to create super requirements for experts in medical malpractice cases. The statutory scheme is …

October 12, 2012

By Stuart N. Ratzan

Protecting Patients’ Rights: Couldn’t Have Said it any Better Myself…

Click here for an excellent piece on the medical malpractice problem written by AAJ president Mary McLarty.

October 12, 2012

By Stuart N. Ratzan

Gov. Scott’s and the Florida Legislature’s Remedy for Medicaid Patients: “Let Them Eat Cake!”

"Let them eat cake!" These are the notorious words attributed to Marie Antoinette, the Queen of France and scion of elitist French …

October 2, 2012

By Stuart N. Ratzan

Avoiding Med Mal Land Mines: Protecting Your Client’s Right to Keep Medical Communications Confidential

By statute passed in last year's legislative session, plaintiffs in medical malpractice cases are required to provide the defendants an authorization form …