The Chartwell Chronicles: Tort Reform
Podcast: Discussing Florida Tort Reform with William Large and Tiffany Roddenberry
On March 24, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 837 into law. Also known as the “Civil Remedies” or “Tort Reform” law, HB 837 has changed civil litigation in Florida, including providing a uniform standard...more
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and state lawmakers recently enacted significant tort reforms designed to restrict plaintiffs pursuing negligence claims – but which could give an unexpected boost to those pursuing costly...more
Maritime and admiralty law can be vastly different from the law in North Carolina. One area of continued interest to the maritime bar is how admiralty law should treat evidence of medical expenses, especially in light of the...more
As healthcare becomes more technology-driven, the traditional understanding of what constitutes a “heathcare provider” has been blurred. Computers and related electronic equipment, supported by legions of technicians and...more
Headlines can command attention while not always fully informing, as might be the case with these eye-catching story titles, one fresh, the others a few years back...more
The December 22, 2018 proposal by the Civil Procedural Rules Committee of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to repeal the medical malpractice venue rule, Pa. R. Civ. P. 1006(a.1), which requires medical malpractice actions to...more
The proposal by the Civil Procedural Rules Committee of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to repeal the medical malpractice venue rule, Pa. R. Civ. P. 1006(a.1), which requires medical malpractice actions to be brought in the...more
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was facing a healthcare crisis as of 2002 due, in part, to costly medical malpractice litigation which was impairing the ability of Pennsylvania healthcare institutions to provide quality care...more
A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but tort reform still smells bad to traditional opponents despite an attractive title. That’s why most observers believe that the House-passed “Protecting Access to Care Act,”...more
Even as congressional Republicans advance their counter-factual campaign to strip patients who have been harmed while seeking medical services of their rights to seek legal redress, another state appeals court has rejected...more
As congressional Republicans pursue their counter factual campaign this week to strip patients of their rights to pursue legal redress for harms they suffer while seeking medical services, the Florida Supreme Court has sent a...more
SB 237 is a bill designed to limit the liability of hospitals and other healthcare providers for the actions or omissions of those who are not within a narrow definition of “employee.” SB 237 is designed as a legislative fix...more
We all know how con artists work the streets. One might bump into you in a train or in a crosswalk, while the other grabs your wallet. Or one might smile and chat with a mom at a playground, while her partner nabs the purse....more