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Title XLV
TORTS

Chapter 766
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AND RELATED MATTERS

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F.S. 766.301

766.301 Legislative findings and intent.—

(1) The Legislature makes the following findings:

(a) Physicians practicing obstetrics are high-risk medical specialists for whom malpractice insurance premiums are very costly, and recent increases in such premiums have been greater for such physicians than for other physicians.

(b) Any birth other than a normal birth frequently leads to a claim against the attending physician; consequently, such physicians are among the physicians most severely affected by current medical malpractice problems.

(c) Because obstetric services are essential, it is incumbent upon the Legislature to provide a plan designed to result in the stabilization and reduction of malpractice insurance premiums for providers of such services in Florida.

(d) The costs of birth-related neurological injury claims are particularly high and warrant the establishment of a limited system of compensation irrespective of fault. The issue of whether such claims are covered by this act must be determined exclusively in an administrative proceeding.

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide compensation, on a no-fault basis, for a limited class of catastrophic injuries that result in unusually high costs for custodial care and rehabilitation. This plan shall apply only to birth-related neurological injuries.

History.—s. 60, ch. 88-1; s. 1, ch. 98-113.

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Cases Citing Statute 766.301

Total Results: 20

Sylvia Siegfried, M.D. v. Yanara Avila-Cana

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-08-14T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: and in lieu of payment of an award under ss. 766.301-766.316. Such suit shall be filed before

Lampert v. Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Ass'n

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-12-30T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 206 So. 3d 845, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 19341

Snippet: Division of Administrative Hearings pursuant to § 766.301-766.316, Elori-da Statutes. Pending the completion…766.31. The process the parties adopted from § 766.301-766.316 to resolve petitions for custodial care…connection with the filing of a claim under ss. 766.301-766.316 other than those expenses awarded under

Eileen Hernandez, M.D. v. Lualhati Crespo

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2016-12-22T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 211 So. 3d 19, 41 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 625, 2016 WL 7406537, 2016 Fla. LEXIS 2718

Snippet: Neurological Injury Compensation Plan (Florida Statutes 766.301-766.316, hereinafter the “Plan”). If a request

Putnam Community Medical Center v. Florida Birth-Related NeuroLogical Injury Compensation Ass'n

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-12-05T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 204 So. 3d 598, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 17937

Snippet: statute was designed to provide. See § 766.301(l)(a), Fla. Stat. (the Legislature recognizing …neurological injuries to infants—see sections 766.301-.316, Florida Statutes—by making the financial

Mobley and Sanders v. Homestead Hospital, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-07-20T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: infants born with certain neurological injuries. §766.301(2), Fla. Stat.; Fla. Birth-Related Neurological

Mobley and Sanders v. Homestead Hospital, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-07-20T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 202 So. 3d 868, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 11076

Snippet: infants born with certain neurological injuries. § 766.301(2), Fla. Stat.; Fla. Birth-Related. Neurological

Children's Medical Center, P.A., Theodore Morrison, M.D., Kenneth Budowsky, M.D., Jacinta Magnus, M.D., and Nancy Chiang, M.D. v. Jakyung Kim and Woochan Kim, etc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-05-27T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Neurological Injury Compensation Plan (NICA). See §§ 766.301-766.316, Fla. Stat. (2007). Although there is no…of doctors covered by the NICA statute. See §§ 766.301, 766.302(7), Fla. Stat. (2007). Even if injuries

Children's Medical Center, P.A. v. Kim ex rel. Kim

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-05-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 190 So. 3d 114, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 8026, 2015 WL 3396708

Snippet: Neurological Injury Compensation Plan (NICA). See §§ 766.301-766.316, Fla. Stat. (2007). *115Although there …of doctors covered by the NICA statute. See §§ 766.301, 766.302(7), Fla. Stat. (2007). Even if injuries

Univeristy of Miami, School of Medicine v. Ruiz

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-05-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 164 So. 3d 758, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 7980

Snippet: Florida’s Birth-Related Neurological Injury Act, § 766.301, Fla. Stat., et seq. (1998) (“NICA”). We hold that….2d at 868 (alteration in original) (quoting § 766.301(2), Fla. Stat. (1998)). In passing NICA, the legislature…baby is delivered with a neurological injury. § 766.301, Fla. Stat. (1998). To effectuate this relief,

University of Miami, School of Medicine v. Ruiz

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-02-10T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: Florida’s Birth-Related Neurological Injury Act, § 766.301, Fla. Stat., et seq. (1998) (hereinafter, “NICA… 2d at 868 (alteration in original) (quoting § 766.301(2), Fla. Stat. (1998)). In passing NICA, the legislature…baby is delivered with a neurological injury. § 766.301, Fla. Stat. (1998). To effectuate this relief,

Palms West Hospital Limited Partnership d/b/a Palms West Hospital v. D.W. and R.W., individually and as parents and next friends of L.W., a minor and Florida Birth Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association and Steven Pliskow, M.D.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-10-15T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: the mother with sufficient notice under NICA. §§ 766.301 to 766.316, Fla. Stat. (2012). Rather, the hospital

Palms West Hospital Ltd. Partnership v. D.W.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-10-15T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 162 So. 3d 101, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 16797, 2014 WL 5149122

Snippet: the mother with sufficient notice under NICA. §§ 766.301 to 766.316, Fla. Stat. (2012). Rather, the hospital

Exposito v. Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-06-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 141 So. 3d 663, 2014 WL 2866414, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 9233

Snippet: Neurological Injury Compensation Plan, sections 766.301-.316, Florida Statutes (2010), and were thus required

Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida, Inc. v. Johnston ex rel. Johnston

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-05-17T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 112 So. 3d 787, 2013 WL 2150825, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 8046

Snippet: Compensation Association (“NICA”) statute, sections 766.301-316, Florida Statutes, which sets forth an administrative

Samples v. Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Ass'n

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2013-05-16T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 114 So. 3d 912, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 317, 2013 WL 2096260, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 1001

Snippet: costs for custodial care and rehabilitation.” § 766.301(2), Fla. Stat. (2010). The Plan as a whole — including

University of Miami v. Exposito ex rel. Gonzales

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-04-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 87 So. 3d 803, 2012 WL 1448963, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 6544

Snippet: Compensation Plan (“the Plan”) as set forth in Section 766.301 et seq., Florida Statutes”; (2) The “issue of whether…DOAH a petition for benefits pursuant to section 766.301 et seq., Florida Statutes (2010), a statutory scheme…statutory-scheme expresses the legislative intent: Section 766.301. Legislative findings and intent (1) The Legislature…only to birth-related neurological injuries. § 766.301, Fla. Stat. (2010) (emphasis added). Relevant to…and determine all claims filed pursuant to ss. 766.301-766.316 and shall exercise the full power and authority

Anderson Ex Rel. Anderson v. Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital Foundation, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-08-19T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 66 So. 3d 1095, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 13083, 2011 WL 3629352

Snippet: WHATLEY and VILLANTI, JJ., Concur. NOTES [1] §§ 766.301-.316, Fla. Stat. (2004) (providing for "compensation

Bennett v. St. Vincent's Medical Center, Inc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2011-07-07T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 71 So. 3d 828, 2011 WL 2637444

Snippet: neurological injury claims were particularly high. § 766.301(1), Fla. Stat. (2001). Consequently, the Legislature…quot; of birthrelated neurological injuries. § 766.301(2), Fla. Stat. (2001). Because the NICA Plan provides…claim is compensable under the NICA Plan. See § 766.301(1)(d), Fla. Stat. (2001) ("The issue of whether…claims brought under traditional tort law. See §§ 766.301, 766.303, Fla. Stat. As the Legislature explained…statement of findings and intent set forth in section 766.301, physicians practicing obstetrics are the most

Orlando Regional Healthcare System, Inc. v. Gwyn

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-02-04T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 53 So. 3d 385, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 1081, 2011 WL 335401

Snippet: premiums for physicians practicing obstetrics. § 766.301(1)(c). A fund was created by the Legislature to…system of compensation irrespective of fault. See § 766.301(1)(d). Because NICA's remedies are limited…to and in lieu of payment of an award under ss. 766.301-766.316. Such suit shall be filed before the award…MONACO, C.J. and JACOBUS, J., concur. NOTES [1] §§ 766.301-.316, Fla. Stat. (2010). [2] Pursuant to section

Samples v. Florida Birth-Related Neurological

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-06-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 40 So. 3d 18, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 8763, 2010 WL 2425998

Snippet: as provided for in section 766.31(1)(b)1. See § 766.301(2), Fla. Stat. ("It is the intent of the Legislature…limited class of high-cost catastrophic injuries. §§ 766.301(1)(c) and (2), Fla. Stat. (2007). NICA argues that…quot;limited system of compensation...." § 766.301(d), Fla. Stat. (2007) (emphasis added). The Plan…compensation to $100,000, as required under section 766.301(1)(b)1., instead of judicially authorizing up to…overwhelming public necessity for the plan in section 766.301(1)(c), Florida Statutes (2007). That section, in