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New measure aimed at stopping rogue doctors
Florida voters this month approved a three-strikes law unlike any other state’s — a measure aimed not at killers and thieves but at doctors who foul up.
The newly approved amendment to the Florid Constitution would automatically revoke the medical license of any doctor hit with three malpractice judgments. The law is backed by doctors’ foremost antagonists — lawyers — and the ramifications could be huge.
Legal experts say the law could let loose a flood of malpractice suits. Doctors say it will scare some physicians away from Florida while forcing others to reach quick malpractice settlements to avoid a “strike” against them.
“It has branded the state as probably the most unfriendly state for physicians,” said Robert Yelverton, a Tampa doctor.
i practice in florida and can attest to the fact that malpractice litigation is one of the worst in the country.the law was really designed so that this kind of information would first become public record and secondly,be allowed to be used as evidence of a trend of malpractice in any litigation.
however,as of late the law has been stopped by a court of appeals at the state level.the court has ruled that the law descriminates against doctors on the magic number of three,without any consideration as to the nature of the lawsuit.
bottom line,with the amount of malpractice litigation in this state.you would lose three quarters of all your vital physicians(trauma,neuro etc) in this state.my county society believes it will be defeated in the courts.
Florida passes three-strikes malpractice law
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