Florida's ongoing feud between doctors and attorneys has heated up once again after the Florida Supreme Court issued a ruling that allows patients to waive a constitutional provision designed to limit attorneys' fees in Medical Malpractice cases.
The high court's ruling is just the latest chapter in the continuing effort by physicians' groups and the insurance industry to hold down MedMal rates.
How the court's decision will affect the market and rates remains to be seen, but for now, physician groups say the court's action guts the amendment, while trial lawyers are declaring they have scored a major victory.
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