News & Noteworthy

Partner Travis Edmands successfully defended one of his hospital clients in prevailing upon a summary judgment in a wrongful death case pending in the Seventh Judicial Circuit (Volusia County, FL). Mr. Edmands was able to establish that there was no genuine dispute as to any material fact and that the hospital was entitled to judgment as a matter of law on the issues of actual agency, apparent agency, and non-delegable duty.

Damien Hoffman obtained a summary judgment for a physician in a medical malpractice case pending in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (Hillsborough County). The Judge agreed the evidence obtained during discovery failed to support Plaintiff’s burden of proof.  

Beytin McLaughlin was proud to serve as a Platinum Sponsor of the FSHRMPS Annual Conference recently held in Orlando, Florida. Representing the firm at the conference were John Bocchino, Gabrielle Osborne-Gandhi, Carissa Brumby, Alan Mirelman and Travis Edmands. It is our firm’s privilege and pleasure to continue to assist the hospitals and health care providers throughout the State of Florida regarding their risk management and patient safety needs.

Beytin McLaughlin is proud to announce that the following lawyers were named to the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers List published by BL Rankings: Best Lawyers: John W. Bocchino – Litigation – Insurance; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants Mark E. McLaughlin – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Legal Malpractice – Defendants; and Personal Injury Litigation Mindy McLaughlin – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants Ones To Watch: Carissa W. Brumby – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants Piper A. Hurley – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Beytin McLaughlin was proud to recently serve as a Silver Sponsor of the Claims & Litigation Management Annual Conference held in Tampa, Florida.  Representing the firm at the conference were partners, Carissa Brumby, Kyle Morat and Alan Mirelman, along with attorneys, Kaitlin Rosenthal, Julia Dulko and Piper Hurley. 

Kevin O’Hara and Paul Nugent obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a cardiologist after a 6-day jury trial in Martin County, FL.  It was alleged that the defendant physician improperly prescribed an anti-arrhythmic medication causing permanent lung injury and need for supplemental oxygen.

Mindy McLaughlin and Gabrielle Osborne-Gandhi obtained a defense verdict in a three-week medical malpractice trial involving neurologic injury from HIE which was allegedly sustained at birth resulting in lifelong catastrophic consequences for this brain-injured child. The Plaintiffs maintained that the injuries sustained resulted from obstetrical care and asked the jury to award well above $30,000,000. The defense refuted these allegations, demonstrating that there was no deviation from the standard of care by the physicians which caused this outcome and that no brain injury occurred during the perinatal period, but rather following delivery from genetically induced, severe seizures rendering the outcome inevitable and not the result of medical negligence. 

After a six-day trial, Partners Kevin O’Hara and Paul Nugent obtained a defense verdict on behalf of their client, a gastroenterologist in St. Augustine, Florida. Plaintiffs alleged that the Defendant caused a bowel perforation during preparation of the bowel for a colonoscopy procedure and the subsequent death of the Plaintiff’s 73-year-old husband. Expert witnesses on behalf of the Defendant physician testified that, had the decedent taken the advice of the general surgeon and opted for surgical resection, the bowel perforation would not have occurred, and more likely than not, the patient would have survived. Counsel for Plaintiffs asked for $12.25 Million in their closing argument. The jury deliberated and returned a defense verdict.

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 St. Petersburg, Florida, wherein Partners Gabrielle Osborne and Kyle Morat spoke on “Risk Management and Litigation Realities in an Electronic World”.  Also representing the firm at the conference were partners Carissa Brumby, Damien Hoffman, and Alan Mirelman.   This is the third 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.

Kyle Morat was successful in prevailing on a motion for final summary judgment in a medical malpractice case in Volusia County, Florida on behalf of our Hospital client. Plaintiff claimed she suffered permanent neurological injuries as a result of a stroke after being treated in the emergency department. The Court agreed that the record evidence including depositions and written discovery were insufficient to maintain a cause of action against the Hospital and Emergency Room physician.