STATE EX REL. McGUIRK v. COWART

No. 77-90.

344 So.2d 624 (1977)

STATE of Florida ex rel. Marcia A. McGuirk, Relator, v. Honorable Edward D. COWART, As Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Dade County, Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 12, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simons & Schlesinger, Fort Lauderdale, for relator.

No appearance of counsel for respondent.

Before HAVERFIELD and HUBBART, JJ., and CHARLES CARROLL (Ret.), Associate Judge.


HUBBART, Judge.

This is an original petition for a writ of prohibition seeking to prohibit medical malpractice mediation proceedings on the ground that the time within which such proceedings must be held has expired under Section 768.44(3), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1976). We issued a rule nisi directing the respondent to show cause in writing why the writ prayed for should not issue. The respondent has not filed a return. Subsequent thereto, this court in State...

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