News & Noteworthy

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.

Beytin McLaughlin attorneys, Alan Mirelman and Travis Edmands, recently spoke on “Defending Constitutional Challenges to Florida’s Medicaid Cap for Noneconomic Damages in Medical Malpractice Cases” at the 25th Annual Florida Liability Claims Conference in Orlando, Florida, which.is the Florida Defense Lawyers Association’s leading educational conference for civil defense attorneys and claim professionals.

Partner Paul Nugent has become Board Certified by the Florida Bar in the field of Civil Trial Law.  The Florida Bar has recognized Mr. Nugent’s distinguished level of knowledge, skills and proficiency, as well as his upstanding professionalism and ethics that he has continuously displayed throughout his career in the practice of law.  Board Certification is the Florida Bar’s highest legal standard and is bestowed on less than 1% of Florida lawyers.

Bob Henry and Alan Mirelman obtained a defense verdict following a week-long trial that ended March 4, 2022. The trial was in the Ninth Judicial Circuit (Orange County, FL). The Defendant Physician was alleged to have negligently repaired a ruptured patella tendon causing the Plaintiff to be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.  The Plaintiff requested $2,580,000 during closing argument, but the jury returned a complete defense verdict in 34 minutes. 

Damien Hoffman secured a summary judgment in a premises liability case pending in the Ninth Judicial Circuit (Orange County).  Plaintiff claimed to have sustained severe injuries necessitating several surgeries and years of treatment.  The Judge agreed testimony from multiple depositions and discovery conducted failed to produce evidence necessary to support Plaintiff’s burden of proof.

Mark McLaughlin and Damien Hoffman obtained a defense verdict in the Sixth Judicial Circuit (Pasco County, FL) on behalf of an Interventional Cardiologist. The Defendant Physician was alleged to have caused the death of a husband and father of three. The Plaintiff requested $2.5 million to $5 million during closing argument, but the jury found no negligence on behalf of our client.

Mark McLaughlin and Damien Hoffman obtained a defense verdict in the Sixth Judicial Circuit (Pasco County, FL) on behalf of an interventional cardiologist.  The Defendant Physician was alleged to have caused the death of a husband and father of three.  The Plaintiff requested $2.5 million to $5 million during closing argument, but the jury found no negligence on behalf of the firm’s client.    

Partner Paul Nugent obtained a defense verdict on behalf of an ER Physician in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit (Brevard County, FL). The Plaintiff alleged permanent injuries due to a stroke, which they argued was preventable by the administration of tPA. The Jury returned a verdict on July 16, 2021, after a contentious three week trial. Despite the Plaintiff requesting in excess of $12 Million, it was a complete defense verdict.

Partner Paul Nugent was successful in obtaining a defense verdict for a pulmonologist in Ocala. Fl. It was alleged that the physician failed to properly diagnose the patient’s condition.

Partner Paul A. Nugent was successful in obtaining a defense verdict for a physician in Osceola County. The case involved an alleged delay in diagnosis of thyroid cancer.