HUNT v. GERBER

No. 63-613.

166 So.2d 720 (1964)

Joseph HUNT, Sr., individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Jessie Bell Hunt, deceased, Appellant, v. Paul U. GERBER, Jr., and Metropolitan Dade County, a Political subdivision of the State of Florida, d/b/a Kendall Hospital, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied August 25, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Papy & Carruthers and Ronald W. Vogler, Miami, for appellant.

Brigham & Dence, Dixon, DeJarnette, Bradford, Williams, McKay & Kimbrell and John W. Thornton, Miami, for appellees.

Before BARKDULL, C.J., and HORTON and HENDRY, JJ.


HORTON, Judge.

This appeal is from an adverse summary judgment in a malpractice suit. The summary judgment was entered before answer by the appellees and mainly upon the deposition of the attending physician, the appellee Gerber, and certain hospital records.

The appellant contends in the main that the appellees failed to accord to appellant's decedent the attention and care required for a person recovering from an operation.

The appellant's decedent...

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