The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLV
TORTS

Chapter 766
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AND RELATED MATTERS

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F.S. 766.211

766.211 Payment of arbitration award; interest.—

(1) Within 20 days after the determination of damages by the arbitration panel pursuant to s. 766.207, the defendant shall:

(a) Pay the arbitration award, including interest at the legal rate, to the claimant; or

(b) Submit any dispute among multiple defendants to arbitration pursuant to s. 766.208.

(2) Commencing 90 days after the award rendered in the arbitration procedure pursuant to s. 766.207, such award shall begin to accrue interest at the rate of 18 percent per year.

History.—s. 58, ch. 88-1; s. 34, ch. 88-277.

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Amendments to 766.211

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 766.211

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 766.211.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

PLANTATION GENERAL HOSPITAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, d b a v. DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS A. B. a, 243 So. 3d 985 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . appeal may order a stay to prevent manifest injustice, but no court shall abrogate the provisions of s. 766.211 . . .

ST. MARY S HOSPITAL, INC. v. PHILLIPE, v. St. s M. D. v. E. E. v. M. D., 769 So. 2d 961 (Fla. 2000)

. . . To that end, sections 766.211 and 766.212 provide as follows: 766.211. . . . appeal may order a stay to prevent manifest injustice, but no court shall abrogate the provisions of s. 766.211 . . . As set forth in section 766.211(1), the defendant must pay the arbitration award to the claimant within . . . Under section 766.211(2), the award will accrue interest at a rate of eighteen percent beginning ninety . . .

ST. MARY S HOSPITAL, INC. s v. PHILLIPE,, 699 So. 2d 1017 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . appeal may order a stay to prevent manifest injustice, but no court shall abrogate the provisions of s. 766.211 . . .