malpractice

A jury ordered Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg to pay over $260 million to her family after the release of “Take Care of Maya.” Tampa Bay Times reporter Chris O’Donnell, who covered the trial, discusses the film's impact.

According to the suit, the baby got stuck during delivery and the OB-GYN applied “ridiculously excessive force” on the head and neck.

Physicians and attorneys say it’s a question of when — not if — a pregnant person dies from lack of care in a state with an abortion ban, potentially setting the stage for a malpractice lawsuit that could pressure providers to reconsider delaying or denying care.

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.

Some doctors and medical practices voluntarily give rebates on a bill if an injury occurs during a procedure, while others will not, a medical ethicist says. Here's how patients can respond.

Joseph Dudley and his wife Sarah Dudley claim Joseph became ill in 2017 and went to a clinic in Des Moines, where a physician's assistant made an incorrect diagnosis. Two days later, Joseph was in a hospital ER.

The employees at Jacksonville's Ascension St. Vincent’s, who are not defendants in the case, argued in part that their privacy rights would be violated. An appellate panel rejected the request.

The state Supreme Court approved a request by the Florida Hospital Association, Florida Medical Association and American Medical Association to file a brief supporting an attempt by UF and Shands to short-circuit the lawsuit.

The Judiciary Committee postponed consideration of a bill that would have allowed parents of adult children to win pain and suffering damages in medical malpractice lawsuits.

In a case stemming from a woman’s lung-cancer death, an appeals court Friday urged the Florida Supreme Court to look again at whether the state has a...