Are Cameras Coming To The Operating Room?
Airplanes have them, boats have them and now your local hospital might get them too—we’re talking about black boxes. A group of researchers at Toronto University is trying out a pilot project to bring cameras into the operating room to help improve the performance of doctors. Right now, the project is only being tried in […]
Is Your Hospital Taking You Seriously?
She came to the emergency room with stomach pains, and she never made it home. A 57-year-old woman from Tallahassee, Florida had sought medical treatment from Calhoun Liberty Hospital. She was seen by a doctor and released from the hospital not long after, but something was wrong. Is Your Hospital Taking You Seriously? The 57-year-old […]
Colson Hicks Eidson Obtains $1.25 Million Med Mal Verdict Against Miami VA Hospital
Colson Hicks Eidson partner Deborah J. Gander has obtained a medical malpractice verdict of $1.25 million on behalf of a man who contracted Hepatitis C from a contaminated endoscope. In 2007, 69-year-old Robert Metzler, an Air Force Veteran, underwent a colonoscopy and lesion removal procedure at the Miami VA Healthcare Center. Following the procedure, Metzler received a […]
Suing on Behalf of Your Injured Infant
Every parent wants to protect his or her child from harm. When a child is born with a painful and potentially permanent birth injury, a doctor or other medical staff person might be responsible. In these cases, parents turn to medical malpractice lawsuits to compensate for their child’s birth injury. There can be numerous defendants […]
Colson Hicks Eidson Partner Julie Braman Kane Elected As Parliamentarian Of World’s Largest Trial Bar
Appointment Continues Firm Tradition of Serving the Civil Justice System CORAL GABLES, Fla. (Aug. 30, 2011) – Colson Hicks Eidson partner Julie Braman Kane has been elected as parliamentarian of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), the world’s largest trial bar, at the organization’s annual convention. Colson Hicks Eidson has a long history with the AAJ (formerly known as the […]
Connecticut Jury Awards $58 Million to Victims in Medical Malpractice Case
Last week, a Connecticut jury awarded $58 million to the plaintiffs in a medical malpractice case against a gynecologist. The award marks the highest medical malpractice award in Connecticut’s history. The plaintiffs’ attorneys successfully convinced the jury that the doctor breached the standard of care by failing to start a caesarian section delivery in time. […]
Colson Hicks Eidson Partner Julie Braman Kane Receives Alumni Leadership Award from UM School of Law
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (Oct. 15, 2010) –Colson Hicks Eidson partner Julie Braman Kane was honored with the distinguished Alumni Leadership Award by the University of Miami Law Alumni Association at its annual Miami-Dade County Judicial Reception on Oct. 5 at the Sabadell United Center. The Alumni Leadership Award is given annually by the alumni association to attorneys who have […]
Miami Jury Awards More Than $38 Million in Tragic Pharmaceutical and Medical Negligence Case
CORAL GABLES, FL (March 17, 2009) – A Miami-Dade County jury awarded Amanda Slavin $38.323.196 in compensatory damages against Defendants McKesson Medication Management LLC and a local neurosurgeon today, announced lead counsel Julie Braman Kane, partner at the Coral Gables-based law firm Colson Hicks Eidson, who tried the case with her partner Joseph J. Kalbac Jr. On October 24, […]
Federal Judge Awards $60.9 Million to Parents of Baby Born Brain Dead at US Naval Hospital – U.S. Government Found Guilty of Medical Malpractice
Miami, Florida, November 25, 2005 – Federal Judge Jose A. Gonzalez ruled from the bench on November 23, 2005, the day before Thanksgiving, finding Mayport Naval Station in Jacksonville, Florida guilty of medical negligence in the delivery of Kevin Bravo Rodriguez. Judge Gonzalez awarded Kevin and his parents, Raiza Bravo and United States Navy Serviceman Oscar Rodriguez, $60.9 […]
