Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Med-mal caps can’t be applied retroactively, court rules
The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that caps on medical malpractice damages cannot be enforced retroactively. Defense attorneys had argued that Florida's $1 million cap on awards for medical mistakes applied to the case of a man whose heart was irrevocably damaged when he wasn't given critical medicine at Palms West Hospital. The incident occurred in 2003, three months before the legislature
