One of Ted Babbitt’s articles for the Palm Beach County Bar Association titled What’s Not Malpractice gave a case example that was not malpractice. Here’s why: A plaintiff entered the hospital for cardiac bypass surgery. When he left the hospital, he left as a double amputee. The plaintiff alleged that he was given contaminated heparin … Read More
This year marks the 48th year Babbitt & Johnson, P.A. has been in business, fighting to get the justice our Florida individuals deserve. Our dedication has earned us the respect of other admired legal professionals in the field, has gotten us nationwide media coverage, and has earned us the recognition of being named some of … Read More
Ted Babbitt was at the Florida Bar 2015 Fall Meeting in Tampa FL. According to The Florida Bar, three meetings are held each year to give members an opportunity to network, attend committee meetings and earn CLE credits at seminars with respected legal scholars. Ted’s commitment to the Florida community is admirable. He has been a member of The … Read More
One of Ted’s articles for the Palm Beach County Bar Association addressed the question of: When can a hospital be held liable for the torts of an independent contractor physician? This question was posed to the Fourth District Court of Appeal in a wrongful death action case alleging negligence on the part of an emergency … Read More
Board Certified lawyers by The Florida Bar are recognized attorneys with knowledge, skills, and proficiency in various areas of law and professionalism and ethics in practice. Theodore Babbitt has been a Board Certified Civil Trial lawyer by the Florida Bar since 1983; Joseph R. Johnson has been certified since 1996. Becoming board certified in Civil … Read More
In honor of the #ThrowbackThursday trend on social media, we are sharing one of our medical malpractice lawyer news articles from 1984. We found this article from The Post mentioning Ted Babbitt’s involvement in a North Palm Beach malpractice lawsuit against Good Samaritan Hospital and two surgeons. Hospital administrators and doctors admitted medical malpractice in … Read More
The NBC News investigation “Did Forged Signature Clear Way for Dangerous Blood-Clot Filter?” examines medical device giant, C.R. Bard specifically on its Recovery brand of Inferior Vena Cava blood clot filter (or IVC filter). NBC discovered that since the device was approved by the FDA in 2002 and implanted in thousands of people, the Recovery … Read More
Theodore Babbitt and Joseph R. Johnson from Babbitt & Johnson P.A. of West Palm Beach Florida were included in 2016 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, a highly regarded peer-review evaluation. According to Best Lawyers©, “Over 79,000 leading attorneys globally are eligible to vote, and we have received more than 12 million votes to … Read More
Attorney Joe Johnson was recently interviewed on NBC affiliate WPTV in Palm Beach, Florida about the potentially dangerous complications associated with blood clot filters called Inferior Vena Cava filters (also called IVC filters). The story titled, “FDA warns of potentially deadly complications associated with blood clot filter implants” starts with Johnson’s client, a South Florida woman … Read More
As seen on NBC Nightly News, manufacturers like C.R. Bard may be downplaying the risks of their IVC Filter devices. Patients may not be sufficiently warned about the risk of filter fracture, migration, punctured organs, clotting and death. NBC News investigates the safety of a medical device that was designed to help save Dodi Froehlich’s … Read More
