Fla. high court upholds curbs on malpractice defendants

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Malpractice defendants must not try to circumvent a Florida law that bars them from obtaining confidential medical information about plaintiffs from other doctors or dentists who are treating them, the state Supreme Court said in a ruling Thursday. The 5-2 ruling prohibits private meetings about cases between lawyers and plaintiffs’ other doctors [...]