More families are coming forward shedding light on a controversial law that prevents some people from seeking justice in cases of medical malpractice.
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9 investigates has been looking into Florida’s so-called “free kill law” for more than a year.
It limits who can sue in a medical malpractice case.
The most recent effort to change the law would have removed language that prohibited adult children and parents of an adult child from seeking damages in medical negligence suits, but the bill never made it out of committee, even with initial bipartisan support, but that doesn’t mean families are giving up.
Lauren Korniyenko and Darcy McGuill’s mom fell and broke her hip in August of 2023; they assumed she would spend a couple of days after and head home for rehab and recovery.
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But two days after surgery, they got a call that she died.
There was no indication that there was anything wrong.