Lauren Korniyenko was devastated when her 70-year-old mother died in a Brevard County hospital two days after hip surgery. Her anguish worsened with a subsequent discovery: Florida law essentially ...

Florida senators Monday began moving forward with a proposal that would make major changes in the state's medicalmalpractice laws, including limiting pain-and-suffering damages in lawsuits against ...

Medical malpractice insurance is essential for you as a healthcare professional, but you may wonder why it is so costly, especially in Florida. More patients are making claims, and the value of ...

Efforts to repeal the “free kill” provision of Florida’s Wrongful Death Act saw progress during this year’s legislative session but ultimately failed, leaving advocates disappointed that millions of ...

For more than 30 years, Florida parents haven’t been able to sue doctors whose negligence kills their adult children, nor have adult children been able to sue in cases where a doctor’s mistake kills ...

Florida lawmakers are considering changing a decades-old law and clearing the way for more medical malpractice lawsuits over patient deaths. With the issue closely watched by health care, business and ...

SPRING HILL, Fla. (WFLA) – Tina Fitzgerald of Spring Hill is brought to tears thinking about her daughter who died after seeking medical attention. “It’s hard. Six years,” Fitzgerald said. Her ...

The House is fast-tracking a medical malpractice bill ahead of the 2026 legislative session that’s identical to one Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed earlier this year. On Wednesday, the House Judiciary ...

A South Florida woman says she was left disfigured and nearly blind by her surgeon, and now she’s finding out the doctor doesn’t have insurance. 7’s Heather Walker investigates. Seventy-year-old Dian ...