MERCY HOSPITAL, INC. v. MENENDEZ

No. 79-242.

371 So.2d 1077 (1979)

MERCY HOSPITAL, INC., Appellant, v. Margarita MENENDEZ and Valentin Menendez, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adams & Ward, Miami, for appellant.

Maguire & Friend and Michael P. Maguire, Miami, for appellees.

Barrett, Boyd & Bajoczky and Armando Garcia, Tallahassee, for Florida Patient's Compensation Fund, as amicus curiae.

Before HAVERFIELD, C.J., and PEARSON and SCHWARTZ, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This interlocutory appeal calls for an interpretation and application of the $100,000.00 limitation on liability in medical malpractice actions when the defendant health care provider has met the conditions set out in Section 768.54(2)(b), Florida Statutes (1977).1 The appellant is Mercy Hospital, Inc., in Miami, defendant in a medical malpractice action. The appellees are the plaintiffs...

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