In what is sure to spark a lively debate between medical professionals and the legal community, Public Citizen, the organization founded by Ralph Nader that represents consumer interests through lobbying, litigation, research and public education, concluded in a recent study that a small group of doctors are responsible for a majority of malpractice payments, and that these payments are declining overall nationwide.

Gastric bypass surgeries have been the subject of a great deal of medical controversy. Some patients have died as a result of these drastic surgeries, and in response the medical community has made it difficult to obtain all of the necessary approvals to undergo the procedure.

In a Jan. 10 ruling with significant implications for the future of medical malpractice cases in Florida , the Third District Court of Appeal agreed with our interpretation of the law and clarified recent rulings regarding medical malpractice claims.

The firm's Tomas F. Gamba was recently elected president of the Miami-Dade Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). This well respected national organization considers the preservation of the civil jury trial as its primary goal.