Simon Dockswell v. Bethesda Memorial Hospital, Inc., etc.

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC15-2294 ____________ SIMON DOCKSWELL, et al., Petitioners, vs. BETHESDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC., etc., Respondent. [January 26, 2017] PARIENTE, J. The issue presented involves the interpretation of section 766.102(3)(b), Florida Statutes (2011) (the foreign-body presumption of negligence)—specifically whether, in a medical malpractice case involving a foreign body left inside a patient’s body, the burden of proof shifts to the defendant to prove that no medical negligence occurred. The foreign-body presumption of negligence set forth in section…