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Janice L. Merrill 
Orlando, Florida
Shareholder
phone(407) 420-4411
fax(407) 839-3008
emailjlmerrill@mdwcg.com

Janice L. Merrill joined Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin in 2009 as a shareholder in its Orlando office, where she practices in the areas of medical negligence, long term care, corporate and premises defense, and commercial litigation.

Janice has handled complex litigation matters for 24 years in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies in Florida and California. She has successfully tried numerous cases to verdict in Florida and California before juries and judges. In addition, Janice has handled appeals in the District Courts of Appeal for Florida.

In her career to date, Janice has handled cases in multi-district litigation. She has represented physicians, nurses, hospitals, mental health professionals, skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities in health care liability matters. Janice has also represented property owners and businesses in premises and general liability matters.   

Significant Representative Matters:

  • Obtained dismissal of neonatologist in two actions involving brain damaged babies with no payment.

  • Obtained dismissal with prejudice of action for violation of assisted living facility rights when plaintiffs failed to substitute proper party.

  • Successfully defeated at trial claim radiologist failed to diagnose cardiac condition.

  • Successfully defeated at trial claim cardiologist failed to diagnose and treat primary pulmonary hypertension.

  • Successfully defeated at trial claim cardiologist failed to properly treat syncope.

  • Successfully defeated at trial claim pediatrician failed to adequately treat upper respiratory infection which resulted in death of infant.
    • Year Joined Organization:
    2009
    Areas of Practice:
    Medical Negligence Defense
    Long Term Care Defense
    General Liability Defense
    Commercial Litigation
    Bar Admissions:
    California, 1985
    U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1990
    U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1990
    Florida, 1997
    U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1998
    U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1998
    U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 2008
    Education:
    Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California
    J.D.
    Law Review: International & Comparative Law Journal, 1982 - 1984


    University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
    B.A.
    Major:  Spanish


    Published Works:
    Board of Contributors: Florida Supreme Court Invalidates Arbitration Provisions in Nursing Home Admission Agreements, Daily Business Review, December 23, 2011


    Representative Cases:
    Lynx Transp. v. Atkinson, 720 So. 2d 600 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998)
    Butterworth v. Assi, 824 So. 2d 224 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002)
    Spindler v. Staton, 827 So. 2d 998 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002)
    Vucinich v. Ross, 893 So. 2d 690 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005)
    Certified Marine Expeditions v. Freeport Shipbuilding, 914 So. 2d 983 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005)
    Professional Associations and Memberships:
    Orange County Bar Association, 1998 - present


    Seminole County Bar Association, 2008 - present


    Florida Assisted Living Association, 2011-present


    Past Employment Positions:
    Janoff Karpel and Cowan


    Hart King and Coldren


    The Unger Law Group


    Janice L. Merrill, P.A.


    Languages:
    Spanish

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