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Article: Tort and retort; Florida lawmakers to consider changes in liability laws for nursing homes.
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- Modern Healthcare
- Article date:
- February 26, 2001
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To hear the providers tell it, patient-liability lawsuits are making the sky fall on the Sunshine State's nursing homes.
To hear the lawyers who bring the lawsuits tell it, any changes to Florida's nursing-home tort laws would make the sky fall on nursing home residents.
The Florida Legislature will have the difficult task of determining which side is Chicken Little and which side is telling the truth. In a session that opens March 6, legislators will consider various proposals that would weaken the strict liability standard used to judge nursing homes and cap the damages that can be awarded to plaintiffs.
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a Republican, ...