Under the 1990 law, people cannot seek what are known as "non-economic" damages in medical-malpractice cases involving the ...

The Senate advanced the bill, which would repeal a 1990 law and allow some people to seek “noneconomic” damages in cases. But ...

The Florida Legislature has approved a controversial bill that would allow some family members to pursue medical malpractice ...

TALLAHASSEE — In 1990, Florida lawmakers included an exception in the state’s medical-malpractice laws that prevented a narrow group of people from pursuing key damages in lawsuits over the ...

Senator Clay Yarborough says the issue came to his attention from hearing the stories of family members The Florida Legislature has approved a controversial bill that would allow some family ...

A bill to repeal a controversial law preventing some families from filing lawsuits in cases of medical malpractice in Florida is headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk ...

Lawmakers in the House and Senate of the state of Florida have agreed to end what many refer to as Florida’s “free kill” law.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Senate gave final approval to a bill that would open the door to some people pursuing medical-malpractice lawsuits over the deaths of family members on Thursday.

It's now up to Gov. Ron DeSantis to decide whether to repeal a 35-year-old Florida law that bars adult children and their parents from recovering non-economic damages in wrongful death cases tied to ...

“It is going to make it extremely difficult for any provider to come to Florida when you see what is happening with the medical malpractice rates,” said Sen. Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart, whose ...