PRE-SUIT SCREENING - INDEX


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Disclaimer:  This is part of the 2008 version of Florida Statutes and it is offered for general information purposes.  The statutes on this site should not be relied on without reviewing your legal situation with an experienced medical malpractice lawyer and making sure you are using the appropriate version of the statute for your case.  The provisions applicable to your potential claim may or may not be the version that was in effect at the time of the incident because some changes to statutes are retroactive and some changes are not.  Other statutes and other case law interpreting or applying these statutes may also apply to your case.

Florida Statutes Dealing with Pre-suit Screening Requirements:

766.106  Notice before filing action for medical malpractice; pre-suit screening period; offers for admission of liability and for arbitration; informal discovery; review.

766.201  Legislative findings and intent.

766.202  Definitions; ss. 766.201-766.212.

766.203  Pre-suit investigation of medical negligence claims and defenses by prospective parties.

766.204  Availability of medical records for pre-suit investigation of medical negligence claims and defenses; penalty.

766.205 Pre-suit discovery of medical negligence claims and defenses.

766.206  Pre-suit investigation of medical negligence claims and defenses by court.


Statutes Dealing with Pre-suit Arbitration:

766.207  Voluntary binding arbitration of medical negligence claims.

766.208  Arbitration to allocate responsibility among multiple defendants.

766.209  Effects of failure to offer or accept voluntary binding arbitration.

766.21-  Misarbitration.

766.211  Payment of arbitration award; interest.

766.212  Appeal of arbitration awards and allocations of financial responsibility.

 


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