There were a lot of happy folks at Metropolitan Ministries today. Through our annual fundraiser we donated 87 pounds of food and $8,630.00 in employee and firm matching donations. Each year we strive to exceed what we gave last year. We are so thankful for our employee’s participation, generosity and initiative to make a difference in the lives of those who are not as fortunate or as blessed as we are.
Lou La Cava obtained a dismissal without any settlement payment for his radiologist client in a medical malpractice case filed in Hillsborough County. Plaintiff alleged the radiologist negligently read an MRI resulting in a delay in diagnosis of a spinal epidural abscess which led to plaintiff’s severe neurological damage. While co defendants in the case settled La Cava maintained his client’s interpretation of the MRI was well within the standard of care and was prepared to try the case if it was not dismissed. The plaintiff dropped the case against the radiologist without a settlement payment.
Lou La Cava obtained defense verdicts from two jury panels in a summary jury trial ordered by the court and held in Palm Beach County. In the medical malpractice wrongful death case the plaintiff alleged that a family practice physician and a physician’s assistant were negligent in failing to refer a patient to a cardiologist. The plaintiff argued that failing to make that referral led to the patient dying two days after the office visit as a result of a heart attack. After a one day summary jury trial the first jury panel returned a defense verdict in 12 minutes finding the doctor and the physician’s assistant not negligent. The second jury panel returned a defense verdict in 14 minutes also finding the doctor and the physician’s assistant not negligent.
Civil Trial Defense Law Firm
La Cava Jacobson & Goodis handles
litigation and appeals in all Florida state and federal courts.