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LAZENBY v. BEISEL

No. 82-205.

425 So.2d 84 (1982)

G. William LAZENBY, Appellant, v. Frederick BEISEL and Elizabeth Beisel, His Wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied January 19, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Saieva of Woodworth, Carlson, Meissner & Webb, St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Sam Daniels of Daniels & Hicks, Miami, and Anderson & Moss, P.A., Miami, for appellees.

GRIMES, Judge.

This appeal involves a consideration of the proper standard for proving causation in medical malpractice cases.

Frederick Beisel suffered from cataracts in both eyes. He consulted Dr. William Lazenby, an ophthalmologist, who decided to place a lens implant in the right eye. During the surgery, Dr. Lazenby gave Mr. Beisel a retrobulbar injection behind the eye. Within thirty seconds of the injection, the doctor noticed that the eyelids were beginning...

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