HARRIS v. MILES

No. 75-1576.

330 So.2d 181 (1976)

John W. HARRIS, II, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Clifford B. MILES, M.D., and Holy Cross Hospital, Defendants.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Orseck of Podhurst, Orseck & Parks, Miami, and Simons & Schlesinger, Hollywood, for plaintiffs.

Philip Michael Cullen, III, of Fleming, O'Bryan & Fleming, Fort Lauderdale, for defendant-Holy Cross Hospital.


DOWNEY, Judge.

Once again we have for consideration the applicability of § 95.11(6), F.S. 1972, the new statute of limitations governing malpractice claims, to claims arising before the effective date of that statute.

The action involved herein arose on September 23, 1970, at a time when the applicable period of limitations under § 95.11(4) F.S. 1969 was four years. In 1971 the legislature amended § 95.11(6) to provide that suits for medical...

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