Dr. DAVID MYERS, MD Medical Malpractice Cases, Lawsuits, and Complaints

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Phycicians Practice Address

Dr. DAVID MYERS, MD

825 W. Linebaugh Avenue

Tampa, FL

33612

Hillsborough

Court Case # 14-CA-007244-I

Indemnity Paid: $250,000.00

Florida Office of Insurance Regulation
Medical Malpractice Closed Claims Report

Department File Number :	M201574567
Claim Number :	14-0102-B-14
Date Submitted :	1/19/2016

Insurer Information

Insurer Name				Coverage Type
FD INSURANCE COMPANY				Primary
Insurer FEIN		Professional License Number
20-3704679
Insurer Contact Information
Type	First Name		MI	Last Name
Individual	Tamla			Lloyd
Street Address
4651 Salisbury Road, Suite 410
City				State	Zip
Jacksonville				FL	32256
Phone	Ext	Fax	E-Mail Address
(904) 296 - 2887	212	(904) 296 - 1245	tlloyd@fdinsurancecompany.com

Insured Information

Type	First Name		MI	Last Name
Individual	DAVID			MYERS
Insurer Type		Street Address of Practice
Licensed		825 W. Linebaugh Avenue
City		State	Zip Code	County
Tampa		FL	33612	Hillsborough
Policy Number		Per Claim Policy Limits		Aggregate Policy Limits
GL01000051		$250,000		$750,000
Profession or Business			Other Profession or Business
Medical Doctor
License Number		Specialty Code & Classification		Certification Number
ME34699		Physicians - No Surgery. NOC classification.

Florida Office of Insurance Regulation
Medical Malpractice Closed Claims Report

Injured Person Information

First Name	MI	Last Name		Date of Birth

Street Address			Gender	County where Injury Occurred
			M	Hillsborough
City			State	Zip Code

Location where injury occured		Other location where injury occured
Hospital Inpatient Facility
Name of Institution		Code
N/A		000000
Location of Institutional Injury		Other Location of Institutional Injury
Patients' Room
Date of Occurrence		Date Reported to Insurer
1/7/2014		1/14/2014

Diagnostic Information

Final Diagnosis For Which Treatment Was Sought Including Patient's Actual Condition
Pt voluntarily admitted himself to Healthcare Connection's day/night detoxification program because of a multi-year history of alcohol and benzodiazepine dependency.
Operation, Diagnostic, Or Treatment Procedure Rendered Causing The Injury
None shown
Diagnostic Code :
Misdiagnosis Made, If Any, Of Patient's Actual Condition
None made
Principal Injury Giving Rise To The Claim
Alleged failure to continuously support, monitor, and supervise pt throughout his treatment addiction recovery program.
Severity Of Injury
Permanent: Death.

Florida Office of Insurance Regulation
Medical Malpractice Closed Claims Report

Legal Information

Date of Suit			Circuit Court Case Number
7/22/2014			14-CA-007244-I
County Suit Filed in			Date of Final Disposition
Hillsborough			4/10/2015
Other Defendants Involved in this Claim
Healthcare Connection, Inc. d/b/a Healthcare Connection Of
Stage of Legal System at which Settlement was Reached or Award Made
More than 90 days, after suit filed and prior to or during the course of mandatory settlement conference.
Final Method of Claim Disposition
Settled by parties
Court Decision			Other
No Court Proceedings.
Arbitration
Claim not subject to Arbitration.
Date of Payment
4/10/2015

Financial Information

Was there a settlement Resulting in payment to the Plaintiff?

Yes

Indemnity Paid by Insurer on behalf of Insured

$250,000

Loss Adjust Expense Paid to Defense Counsel

$25,986

All Other Loss Adjustment Expense Paid

Injured Person's Total Non-Economic Loss

Deductible

Injured Person's Total Economic Loss

	Incurred to Date	Anticipated
Medical Expense	$0	$0
Wage Loss	$0	$0
Other Expenses	$0	$0

Safety Management Steps Taken by Insured to Make Similar Occurrence Less Likely

Circumstances of this case have been discussed with insured and Risk Management was notified. Risk Management has discussed case with insured.

Updates

Date of Change:

1/19/2016 11:10:00 AM

Reason for Change:

Updated LAE amount.

Field Changed	Former Value	New Value
Amount of Loss Adjustment Expense Paid to Defense Counsel	23414	25986

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Court Case # 14-CA-10925

Indemnity Paid: $250,000.00

Florida Office of Insurance Regulation
Medical Malpractice Closed Claims Report

Department File Number :	M201575690
Claim Number :	14-0090-A-10
Date Submitted :	9/3/2015

Insurer Information

Insurer Name				Coverage Type
FD INSURANCE COMPANY				Primary
Insurer FEIN		Professional License Number
20-3704679
Insurer Contact Information
Type	First Name		MI	Last Name
Individual	Tamla			Lloyd
Street Address
4651 Salisbury Road, Suite 410
City				State	Zip
Jacksonville				FL	32256
Phone	Ext	Fax	E-Mail Address
(904) 296 - 2887	212	(904) 296 - 1245	tlloyd@fdinsurancecompany.com

Insured Information

Type	First Name		MI	Last Name
Individual	David			Myers
Insurer Type		Street Address of Practice
Licensed		825 W. Linebaugh Avenue
City		State	Zip Code	County
Tampa		FL	33612	Hillsborough
Policy Number		Per Claim Policy Limits		Aggregate Policy Limits
GL01000051		$250,000		$750,000
Profession or Business			Other Profession or Business
Medical Doctor
License Number		Specialty Code & Classification		Certification Number
ME34699		Physicians - No Surgery. NOC classification.

Florida Office of Insurance Regulation
Medical Malpractice Closed Claims Report

Injured Person Information

First Name	MI	Last Name		Date of Birth

Street Address			Gender	County where Injury Occurred
			F	Hillsborough
City			State	Zip Code

Location where injury occured		Other location where injury occured
Other Outpatient Facility		HealthCare Connection
Name of Institution		Code
N/A		000000
Location of Institutional Injury		Other Location of Institutional Injury
Patients' Room
Date of Occurrence		Date Reported to Insurer
3/17/2010		5/6/2014

Diagnostic Information

Final Diagnosis For Which Treatment Was Sought Including Patient's Actual Condition
The insured was presented to the insured's clinic on June 25, 2007 with problems of chronic pain.
Operation, Diagnostic, Or Treatment Procedure Rendered Causing The Injury
A procedure was not performed.
Diagnostic Code :
Misdiagnosis Made, If Any, Of Patient's Actual Condition
A misdiagnosis was not made.
Principal Injury Giving Rise To The Claim
The patient alleges that the insured breached the standard of care by continuing to prescribe prescriptions without properly monitoring her progress. It is alleged that the patient became addicted to the buprenorphine as a result.
Severity Of Injury
Temporary: Major - Burns, surgical material left, drug side effect, brain damage. Recovery delayed.

Florida Office of Insurance Regulation
Medical Malpractice Closed Claims Report

Legal Information

Date of Suit			Circuit Court Case Number
10/29/2014			14-CA-10925
County Suit Filed in			Date of Final Disposition
Hillsborough			8/3/2015
Other Defendants Involved in this Claim
Strolla, Michael P HealthCare Connection of Tampa, Inc.
Stage of Legal System at which Settlement was Reached or Award Made
More than 90 days, after suit filed and prior to or during the course of mandatory settlement conference.
Final Method of Claim Disposition
Settled by parties
Court Decision			Other
No Court Proceedings.
Arbitration
Claim not subject to Arbitration.
Date of Payment
8/3/2015

Financial Information

Was there a settlement Resulting in payment to the Plaintiff?

Yes

Indemnity Paid by Insurer on behalf of Insured

$250,000

Loss Adjust Expense Paid to Defense Counsel

$28,959

All Other Loss Adjustment Expense Paid

Injured Person's Total Non-Economic Loss

Deductible

Injured Person's Total Economic Loss

	Incurred to Date	Anticipated
Medical Expense	$0	$0
Wage Loss	$0	$0
Other Expenses	$0	$0

Safety Management Steps Taken by Insured to Make Similar Occurrence Less Likely

The circumstances of this case were discussed with the insured and risk management was notified. Risk management discussed the case with the insured.

Updates

No updates found.

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