NICA: The Florida Birth Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act | What is NICA?
NICA: The Florida Birth Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act (NICA) allows families to receive compensation for injuries that occurred to the child during labor, birth, or the immediate period after birth referred to as the resuscitation period.
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Expert witnesses can be necessary for a wide range of lawsuits to guide the court or to explain information about highly technical subjects that the typical layperson would not understand on his own. Expert testimony is often required for a medical malpractice case, both to satisfy state laws and to prove your case. What Laws Require
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