PERKINS v. PARE

No. 76-1755.

352 So.2d 65 (1977)

Shirley F. PERKINS and Virgil Perkins, Appellants, v. Robert H. PARE, M.D., and Martin Memorial Hospital Association, Inc., a Nonprofit Florida Corporation D/B/a Martin Memorial Hospital, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied September 28, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Hightower of Whitaker & Koepke & Associates, Orlando, for appellants.

Michael B. Davis of Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder & Carson, West Palm Beach, for appellee Pare.


CROSS, Judge.

We treat as a petition for a common law writ of certiorari an interlocutory appeal seeking review of an order extending time for mediation hearing in a medical malpractice action. We grant certiorari, and quash the order.

Petitioner submitted a claim for medical malpractice against Robert H. Pare, M.D., in the Circuit Court for Martin County, Florida, in September 1975. Upon failure of the clerk to select a mediation panel and set a hearing date...

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