UPDATE: Pro Assurance Settles Record Malpractice Verdict In Florida:Mar 16, 2007 ProAssurance has settled a record $217 million verdict in a Florida case, according to reports earlier this week by the Houston Chronicle.

Heart Attacks Kill More On The Weekend:Mar 15, 2007 People who have weekend heart attacks are more likely to die than those admitted to hospitals during the week. By Stephen A. Frew JD.

UPDATE: Florida Malpractice Case Defense Lawyers Sued For Malpractice:Mar 9, 2007 Legal scrambling to cover the record $116 million malpractice verdict and 101 punitive damage award in Florida in October, the physicians who lost the case are now suing their own lawyers for malpractice, according to a Tampa news report. By Stephen A. Frew JD.

$100.1 Million Malpractice Award May Go To Charity:Nov 9, 2006 More than $100 million in punitive damages award last month in a record $217 million Florida malpractice verdict will go to charities helping patients with spinal cord and brain damages, according to an announcement of from the plaintiff's family and attorneys for the plaintiff, according to reports from the Brevard Lawyer blog. By Stephen A. Frew JD.

Nurse Charged With Felony In Medication Error Death:Nov 8, 2006 Medication error could send nurse to prison for up to 6 years in death of OB patient. By Stephen A. Frew JD.

$3 Million Verdict On Inadequate Informed Conset:Jul 24, 2006 The jury found that the informed consent was insufficient notwithstanding an eight page Informed Consent Document, a video, a brochure and a general discussion of the risks with a referring optometrist.