News & Noteworthy

Beytin McLaughlin is proud to announce that the following shareholders were named to the 2026 edition of the Best Lawyers List published by BL Rankings: Lawyer of the Year: Mark E. McLaughlin – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants Best Lawyers: Mark E. McLaughlin – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; and Appellate Practice Mindy McLaughlin – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Beytin McLaughlin was proud to recently serve as a Platinum Sponsor of the Federal Society for Healthcare Risk Management and Patient Safety (FSHRMPS) Annual Conference held in Orlando, Florida, where shareholder Alan Mirelman served as part of a panel discussion on the current state of the Wrongful Death statute and the dangers of third party litigation funding.  Also representing the firm at the conference was partner Paul Nugent and senior associate Kaitlin Rosenthal.  This is the sixth year that Beytin McLaughlin has served as a platinum sponsor, and it is the firm’s hope to continue to serve as a sponsor of the conference for many more years.

Beytin shareholder Damien Hoffman recently spoke on informed consent at the 2025 Florida Society of Ambulatory Surgical Centers Quality & Risk Management Conference held in Tampa, Florida.

Mindy McLaughlin and Kaitlin Rosenthal successfully secured a motion for partial summary judgment enforcing the statutory Medicaid damages cap in a medical malpractice case—marking the first time such a motion has been granted in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (Palm Beach County). In response, Plaintiffs sought to have this Section declared unconstitutional on Equal Protection grounds. However, the Court agreed with the Defendants’ position, supported by applicable case law, statutes, and enacting legislation, and upheld Defendants’ assertion that Section 766.118(6) satisfies the rational basis test and remains constitutional. This pivotal ruling establishes persuasive authority within the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit on the constitutionality and enforceability of Section 766.118(6), reinforcing the statutory damages cap in cases involving Medicaid recipients.

Damien Hoffman secured a summary judgment in a wrongful death medical malpractice case pending in Hillsborough County. Plaintiff claimed the Defendant healthcare provider failed to properly treat a patient’s chronic pain which led to the patient committing suicide. The Judge agreed Defendant owed no duty to the patient given the undisputed facts and was not the cause of the patient’s death.

Mark McLaughlin and Damien Hoffman obtained a directed verdict for their client in a medical malpractice case in Hillsborough County where Plaintiff requested multiple millions of dollars during trial. Plaintiff alleged significant neurological injuries following a caudal epidural steroid injection. We successfully argued the Defendant physician owed no duty to the patient in determining whether the patient should have undergone the injection.

Mark McLaughlin and Damien Hoffman obtained a defense verdict for their client in a wrongful death medical malpractice case in Hillsborough County involving six statutory survivors where Plaintiff requested multiple millions of dollars during trial. Plaintiff alleged the patient died due to the failure of a neurologist to timely act upon an impending brain herniation.

Damien Hoffman obtained a dismissal for a Defendant healthcare provider in a medical malpractice case pending in Polk County based on the failure to comply with statutory pre-suit requirements. Hoffman successfully argued the expert witness who signed the verified written medical opinion was not qualified to render standard of care opinions against the Defendant healthcare provider. Since the pre-suit claim was defective, the Judge agreed with the defense and dismissed the case.

Beytin McLaughlin is honored to be recognized as one of the 2025 Best Law Firms in Tampa for Insurance Law.