The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . The MMA provides, in relevant part: (1) Voluntary binding arbitration pursuant to this section and ss.766.208 . . .
. . . Because the requirements of section 766.208(2) were not met, the trial court departed from the essential . . .
. . . “After completion of presuit investigation pursuant to s. 766.208(2) and prior to filing a complaint . . .
. . . . § 766.208(2). . . .
. . . emergency department physician, cannot be considered a valid written medical expert opinion under section 766.208 . . .
. . . judgment asserted that Jackson failed to comply with the pre-suit investigation requirements of section 766.208 . . .
. . . We also note, reading further into the statutory scheme, that section 766.208(6), Florida Statutes (1997 . . .
. . . Pursuant to section 766.208(1), presuit investigation requirements apply to all medical negligence claims . . .
. . . See sec. 766.208, Fla. Stat. (1999). We reverse. . . .
. . . to the claimant; or (b) Submit any dispute among multiple defendants to arbitration pursuant to s. 766.208 . . .
. . . and was not accompanied by a corroborating “verified medical expert opinion” as required by section 766.208 . . .
. . . .— (1) Voluntary binding arbitration pursuant to this section and ss. 766.208-766.212 shall not apply . . .