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Doctors battle Florida malpractice crisis and record verdict
A 26 year old woman in a coma after a hospital incident sparked a Florida malpractice landmark. A Broward County jury awarded Susan Von Stetina 12.4 million, a national record, intensifying debates over rising insurance costs and proposed fund reforms. Doctors in Dade and Broward threaten surgery boycotts amid looming premiums and public policy actions. The plan would cap the Patient Compensation Fund, re insure high losses, and raise surgeon rates while limiting unexpected assessments.
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Associated Press
Tallahassee
Fia
Susan von Stetina
Broward County
Florida
Dade
Broward
Richard Layton
American Medical Association
Chicago
Cook County
Ill
Rand Corp
Florida Medical Association
Miami
Richard Pettigrew
Miami-Fort Lauderdale
Florida Physicians United For Health Cost Reform
Bob Graham
von Stetina
Sheldon Schlesinger
Schlesinger