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Florida's free kill law may be repealed

Safiel

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Florida's free kill law prohibits anybody other than a spouse or child under 25 of a medical malpractice victim from suing.

The Florida Legislature is trying to repeal the law, but member's have added a poison pill in the form of economic damage caps in an attempt to derail the legislation.

Hopefully, the Legislature will be able to pass a clean repeal of the free kill law and allow the adult children of medical malpractice victims to gain justice for their deceased parents.

Final showdown over repealing Florida’s 'Free Kill' law: Amendment sparks outcry in last week of session

A last-minute amendment to a Florida Senate bill seeks to cap damages in medical negligence cases, complicating efforts to fully repeal the state’s 'Free Kill' law.
www.firstcoastnews.com
 
This is like a no brainer.
 
How does money given to adult children of parents who've suffered medical malpractice bring justice to anything? Does it bring the parent back to life? Let the judicial system deal with the malpractice and be done with it. I find it personally disgusting for adult family members to profit from a parent's tragic death.
 
Family members often bear the brunt of the high medical costs. I mean they pay it because family so since the patient cant be compensated the next of kin.
 

The judicial system almost NEVER deals with it or even addresses.

Unless the malpractice rises to over the top ridiculousness like this guy.

Criminal investigation into Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky enters 'next phase.' Where it stands.

Dr. Shaknovsky is being investigated for the death of Bill Bryan. The surgeon allegedly mistakenly removed the man's liver instead of his spleen.
www.pnj.com

The doctor removed the liver instead of the spleen, killing the patient on the table.

Still "under investigation."

If all was right with the world, this guy would already be tried, convicted and doing 5 to 15 years for manslaughter.

In this case, since he has a wife, the free kill law does not apply.

Sometimes, the ONLY way to get rid of a moron doctor is to repeatedly hit them with large malpractice awards, until they become uninsurable and are forced to surrender their medical licenses.

Malpractice suits are a tool to force bad doctors out of practice and the free kill law unconscionably blunts this necessary tool.
 
Seems like we might want to consider adjusting our systems so that bad doctors can't get away with malpractice that much.
 
Good news. The Senate passed the clean repeal of the Free Kill Law 33 to 4.

It now goes to Governor DeSantis for his signature. Hopefully he signs it.
 
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