GAROFALO v. COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, ETC.

No. 77-1733.

382 So.2d 722 (1980)

C. James GAROFALO and Margaret Garofalo, Appellants, v. COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF SOUTH BROWARD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira M. Krauss of Law Offices of Kenneth P. Wurtenberger, Lauderhill, for appellants.

Charles T. Kessler of Pyszka, Kessler, Adams & Solomon and Nancy Little Hoffmann, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


BERANEK, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiffs from an adverse summary judgment based on the two-year statute of limitations governing medical malpractice by a health care provider. The accident occurred on February 26, 1972, when plaintiff was a patient in the defendant/hospital. Plaintiff alleged she fell and was injured in her room due to the hospital's negligence in failing to answer her call for assistance through a nurse paging device. The plaintiff was immediately...

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