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HICKMAN v. EMPLOYERS' FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 73-1330.

311 So.2d 778 (1975)

Hazel HICKMAN and Wade G. Hickman, Her Husband, Appellants, v. The EMPLOYERS' FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied May 6, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel H. James, Hamilton, James, Merkle & Young, West Palm Beach, for appellants.

Edna L. Caruso, Howell, Kirby, Montgomery, D'Aiuto, Dean & Hallowes, West Palm Beach, for appellees Ramos and Employers' Fire Ins. Co.

George S. Okell, Jr., West Palm Beach, for appellees Continental Ins. Co. and Southwestern Palm Beach County Public Hospital District d/b/a Glades General Hospital.

WALDEN, Judge.

Plaintiffs brought a malpractice suit against Dr. Baker, a surgeon, and Dr. Ramos, a hospital pathologist. The gravamen of the suit against Dr. Baker was that he had improperly excised, or damaged, a portion of Mrs. Hickman's bile duct while doing a routine gall bladder removal. The suit against Dr. Ramos charged that he, as the examining pathologist required to check the excised tissue, had negligently failed...

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