DILLMANN v. HELLMAN

No. 73-117.

283 So.2d 388 (1973)

Frances M. DILLMANN and Jaime V. Dillmann, Her Husband, Appellants, v. Daniel S. HELLMAN, M.D., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 5, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cary R. Singletary, and Paul B. Johnson, Gregory, Cours, Paniello & Johnson, Tampa, for appellants.

Joe C. Carey, Earle, Carey & Yanchuck, St. Petersburg, for appellee.


COWART, JOE A., Jr., Associate Judge.

Nine days after the appellant had been admitted and confined in the hospital, her psychiatrist, the appellee, thought she had progressed sufficiently to be transferred from the west wing to the more rehabilitative but less secure east wing of the same ward. Within twenty-four hours she jumped from an open window and injured herself.

When sued for negligence, the appellee moved for summary judgment, filing his own deposition...

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