Anatomy of a Wrongful Death Lawsuit offers readers a compelling and thorough account of your quest to comprehend the intricacies of Florida’s legal system and medical malpractice laws, all while advocating for reform. Why was this an important book for you to write?

The book was written to educate the citizens of Florida on the state’s Sovereign Immunity Statutes and to show why many medical malpractice incidents go unpunished: because the injured party cannot get legal representation to litigate their case.

I appreciated the candid nature with which you told your story. What was the hardest thing for you to write about?

The unnecessary suffering and death of my wife caused by the insertion of a catheter, in violation of Medicare mandates about their use, for economic and not medical necessity reasons.

What were some ideas that were important for you to share in this book?

Suing a deep-pocketed Sovereign Immunity entity is a long and tedious process if one can find an attorney foolish enough to litigate it.

What is one thing you hope readers take away from your story?

It took four years to accomplish what I set out to do, which was to get the defendant to settle a “wrongful death case.” Monetary awards received are just written off as a cost of doing business by the defendant, and the public will never know; by settling the case in mediation, the defendant pled guilty to the “wrongful death” charge. We will also never know if catheter insertion is still standard practice since K gave the defendant the right to continue the practice.

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