News Service Florida  Contributor The Florida House is scheduled to take up a proposal that would change a decades-old law and clear the way for more medical-malpractice lawsuits over patient ...

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A contentious proposal that would overhaul a key part of Florida’s decades-old medical malpractice laws is set to be taken up ...

The proposal would change part of a law that prevents people from seeking non-economic damages over patient deaths in many ...

The House Student Academic Success Subcommittee voted overwhelmingly to approve HB 1255, which includes a mandate that ...

"I’m ecstatic to see that after more than 34 years, this 'license to kill' is finally being revoked," said civil litigator Blake Dolman about the legislation he supports.

Members of the House Judiciary Committee voted 20-1 for HB 6017, which would erase a state provision referred to by critics ...

The measure would help preserve sperm and eggs of state workers who are undergoing cancer and radiation treatment.

The effort could be a “game changer” for state employees undergoing chemotherapy and hoping to have children later, officials ...

As leaders in the Florida House and Senate, Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, and Sen. Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, have so far ...