Deno v. Lifemark Hospitals, 45 So. 3d 959 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010): Case of first impression. Established that the non-economic damage cap of $250,000 in arbitration was limited to per claimant, per incident; and not per claimant, per defendant.

Lifemark Hospitals v. Afonso, 4 So. 3d 764 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009): Case of first impression. Established that medical malpractice arbitration claims were subject to the limitations of the Florida Wrongful Death Act.

Bombalier v. Lifemark Hospital of Florida, 661 So. 2d 849 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995): Where a spouse of a patient has a derivative claim for loss of consortium, both spouses are required to either accept or reject arbitration under the medical malpractice pre-suit screening statute.

Matter involving a neonate that sustained a cardiac arrest in the NICU. The child had an anoxic brain injury, seizure disorder and was cortically blind. The arbitration panel ruled that past liens were not recoverable and would allow evidence of future collateral sources such as Social Security Disability and the availability of healthcare insurance. This substantially decreased plaintiffs’ past and future economic damages. The case was resolved shortly before arbitration.