41 Fla. L. Weekly D200b Torts — Medical malpractice — Attorney’s fees — Proposal for settlement — Trial court properly denied award of attorney’s fees to plaintiffs where plaintiffs’ proposal for settlement failed to state whether attorney’s fees were part of claim and failed to state whether punitive damages were part of the claim, even Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D122a Torts — Defamation — Trial court properly awarded attorney damages in libel action against defendant who posted derogatory reviews of attorney on internet — Internet reviews containing false information did not constitute statements of opinion which were protected by First Amendment and not actionable as defamation — Defamation per se Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D121b Torts — Premises liability — Fall on stairs — Error to enter directed verdict in favor of defendant where there was conflicting evidence as to causation — Although plaintiff could not testify as to exactly what made her fall, expert evidence and photos of steps established that steps on which Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D91a Torts — Medical malpractice — Brain injury to child — Evidence — Collateral source benefits — Trial court did not err in excluding evidence pertaining to free or low-cost medical care available to child where the cost of the care would be paid by Medicaid — Evidence of future benefits Read More »

40 Fla. L. Weekly D75b Workers’ compensation — Medical benefits — Major contributing cause — In ordering facet injections recommended by pain management specialist, judge of compensation claims erred in discounting specialist’s attribution of seventy percent of need for facet injections to non-work-related degenerative condition of claimant’s spine — It does not matter whether a Read More »