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Court Upholds Patients’ Privacy Rights, Strikes Down Florida Medical Malpractice Provision
A major piece of Florida’s new medical malpractice law was struck down recently in federal court. The offending provision in Florida Statutes 766-1065 required a plaintiff, when filing a pre-suit notification of a medical malpractice claim, to authorize the defense team (the lawyers, insurance company adjustors, and the defendant doctors themselves) to talk to… Read More »
