The reported death toll from COVID-19 in the nation’s nursing homes stands at nearly 7,000 and counting. The New York Times reports nearly 20 percent of deaths from the virus in the United States have been tied to nursing homes or other long-term care…
by Ryan Banfill, FJA Communications Director Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter accused Johnson & Johnson of helping to create the “worst man-made public health crisis in the history of our state and country.” That’s what he said to a packed Norman, Oklahoma courtroom during…
by Alyssa Davenport, FJA Communications Coordinator If it seems like everyone around you is on drugs, it’s probably because they are. A recent study done by the National Center for Health Statistics shows that nearly half of all Americans have…
By Ryan Banfill FJA Communications Director When President Richard Nixon enacted wage and price controls in the early 1970s, iconic conservative economist Milton Friedman cautioned that the policy would spur inflation despite creating the illusion of price stability. Friedman –…
By Scott R. McMillen & Allison McMillen Florida Supreme Court strikes parts of §766.106 and §766.1065 that allowed ex parte interviews with treating physicians as unconstitutional. Weaver v. Myers, So.3d , 42 FLW S906, 2017 WL 5185189 (Fla. 11-9-2017). The…
In a 4-to-3 ruling, the Florida Supreme Court today affirmed the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal that the Florida statute establishing caps on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice personal injury cases is unconstitutional. In its ruling, the…