Medical Malpractice

• Florida Doctors With No Insurance Leave Patients Vulnerable

  Eddie Farah | July 30, 2008 10:43 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  When you go to the doctor you make an assumption – that they have a license, they are a professional, that they went to medical school and have additional experience in a specialty. Maybe you...

• Five More Lawsuits Filed Against Same Georgia Doc

  Eddie Farah | October 11, 2007 3:32 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  They say that it is the same doctors who make the bulk of medical mistakes.This story is about one Waycross, Georgia surgeon who seems to fit that profile. Five more patients of Dr. Najam Azmat have filed lawsuits against him and Satilla Regional Medical Center. They say they were injured by the doctor's incompetence. Among the charges - the doctor allegedly tore one patient's arteries while...

• Couple Settles Wrongful Death Suit With NAS Jax

  Eddie Farah | July 04, 2008 11:04 PM | 2 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Couple Settles Wrongful Death Suit With NAS Jax By Eddie Farah on July 4, 2008 A couple who filed a $15 million lawsuit against the government for the wrongful death of their 15-month-old...

• Stronger Suicide Warnings Urged For Youth on Antidepressants

  Eddie Farah | May 02, 2007 1:58 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Add a new word to your vocabulary.Suicidality. That is the thought of wanting to commit suicide. And it's not news to hear about young people on antidepressants entertaining the thought of suicide. Some are even successful.Now, for the second time in two years, the FDA is asking manufacturers to toughen up their "black box" warnings on labels, this time to specifically warn about suicidality...

• Uninsured Benefit From Right To Know Act

  Eddie Farah | August 23, 2008 10:15 AM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  Beginning January 1, 2009, the Health Care Consumer’s Right to Information Act will provide medical consumers with reliable and understandable information about health care charges so a patient...

• Mystery Compound That Killed Horses In Florida To Be Revealed

  Eddie Farah | April 24, 2009 10:17 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Early this week, the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine may release the name of the drug that killed 21 polo horses as they were getting ready to compete in a Florida match. The...

• Who Does Limiting Attorney's Fees Eventually Hurt?

  Eddie Farah | February 28, 2009 12:37 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  An opinion in the Wall Street Journal this week talks about a bill introduced in the Florida legislature this week, HB 903, that would limit the amount a trial attorney could take home in the...

• Doctors Want To Protect Their Reputations

  Eddie Farah | February 20, 2009 10:21 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  We’ve already warned consumers against signing binding arbitration documents when you go to the doctor’s office and are presented with a pile of paperwork to sign. Binding arbitration...

• UF Shands Admits Guilt in 3-yr-old's Death

  Eddie Farah | October 27, 2007 6:48 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  If an apology would be forthcoming when a hospital does wrong- I'd have less business. And that would be okay because it's the right thing for a hospital to do. When UF Shands gave medication to a 3-year-old that was ten times stronger that what was originally prescribed, the boy died. This happened October 10, 2007.Instead of running for cover, getting their ducks in a row, hiring lawyers and...

• Growing Number of Floridians Without Health Insurance

  Eddie Farah | November 02, 2007 12:14 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Here are the latest numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau.They tell us that Floridians are increasingly opting to go without health insurance. The latest count -- one in four residents, under age 65, did not have health insurance coverage last year. In terms of numbers, that translates to almost four million Floridians. Back in 2002, one in five Floridians lacked health coverage. Those numbers...