WRIGHT v. RATNESAR

No. 79-721.

373 So.2d 431 (1979)

Peggy S. WRIGHT and Stephen R. Wright, Her Husband, Petitioners, v. Viajaya J. RATNESAR, M.D., et al., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Koenigsberg of Cohen & Kokus, Miami, for petitioners.

Gerald W. Pierce of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, Fort Myers, for respondents.


SCHEB, Judge.

On this petition for certiorari we review the judicial referee's denial of the petitioners' suggestion that jurisdiction of a medical mediation panel had terminated. Petitioners contend that no final hearing was commenced within six months of the filing of their claim, and that therefore the panel no longer had jurisdiction to act. We agree, and grant certiorari.

Petitioners filed a medical liability...

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