HEWITT v. CAFFEE

No. 79-7.

368 So.2d 1342 (1979)

Nancy HEWITT, Individually and As Next Friend of Robert Hewitt, a Minor, Petitioners, v. Henry CAFFEE, M.D., South Miami Hospital, et al., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied April 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deutsch & Blumberg and Edward R. Blumberg, Miami, for petitioners.

Magill, Sevier & Reid, Blackwell, Walker, Gray, Powers, Flick & Hoehl and James E. Tribble, Miami, for respondents.

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


HAVERFIELD, Chief Judge.

Claimant, Nancy Hewitt, files the instant petition for writ of certiorari seeking a determination that the jurisdiction of the medical mediation panel has terminated in that a hearing on the merits has not been held within six months of the filing of her claim as required by Section 768.44(3), Florida Statutes (1977).1 The salient facts are as follows:

On June 13, 1978 Nancy Hewitt filed her claim for medical...

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