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2. Medical malpractice - Wikipedia

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   In common law jurisdictions, medical malpractice liability is normally based on the tort of negligence. [3]Although the law of medical malpractice differs significantly between nations, as a broad general rule liability follows when a health care practitioner does not show a fair, reasonable and competent degree of skill when providing medical care to a patient. [3]

3. The Doctors Company - Wikipedia

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   The Doctors Company claims to be the largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer in the U.S., with 80,000 insureds nationwide, $6.2 billion in assets, $2.3 billion in member surplus, and a financial strength rating of A from A. M. Best and Fitch Ratings in fiscal year 2020. [1]

4. Medical malpractice in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Doctors' groups, patients, and insurance companies have criticized medical malpractice litigation as expensive, adversarial, unpredictable, and inefficient. They claim that the cost of medical malpractice litigation in the United States has steadily increased at almost 12 percent annually since 1975. [26]

5. Defensive medicine - Wikipedia

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   Defensive medicine takes two main forms: assurance behavior and avoidance behavior.Assurance behavior involves the charging of additional, unnecessary services to a) reduce adverse outcomes, b) deter patients from filing medical malpractice claims, or c) preempt any future legal action by documenting that the practitioner is practicing according to the standard of care.

6. Two Florida doctors guilty in $31 million scheme to bill ...

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   A pair of Miami-Dade doctors — orthopedic surgeon Lawrence Alexander and chiropractor Dean Zusmer — were found guilty Monday of participating in a network of medical equipment companies that ...

7. John Morgan (lawyer) - Wikipedia

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   In 1989, the law firm began aggressive advertising on television and radio to the discontent of the legal community. The company also practiced enticing top young lawyers from other law firms. [ 4 ] By the early 2000s, the firm expanded throughout Florida with 420 employees, [ 4 ] and by 2013 the company had 260 attorneys among 1,800 staffers ...

8. Florida surgeon mistakenly removes patient's liver instead of ...

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   William Bryan, 70, of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, underwent surgery on Aug. 21, at Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast hospital in Miramar, Florida, because of spleen abnormalities, according to a ...

9. Jacksonville Area Legal Aid - Wikipedia

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   JALA is a mid-size law firm with over 50 lawyers and support staff who offer free legal services to low income clients in civil legal matters which include public benefits, employment/unemployment law, family law, landlord-tenant disputes, fair housing, guardianship, refugee and asylee immigration, foreclosure defense, and consumer law. [3]