OWENS v. FLORIDA PATIENT'S COMP. FUND

No. AM-401.

428 So.2d 708 (1983)

Clarence B. OWENS, As Duly Appointed and Acting Personal Representative of the Estate of Maxine Owens, Deceased, Appellant, v. FLORIDA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

As Amended March 31, 1983.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Althea M. Lachicotte, of Searcy & Facciolo, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Samuel R. Neel, III, of Perkins & Collins, Tallahassee, for appellee.


WENTWORTH, Judge.

Appellant seeks review of an order entered in the circuit court for Leon County granting summary judgment in favor of the appellee Fund. Appellant is the personal representative in a medical malpractice action which was filed against a deceased patient's treating physician and the Tallahassee Memorial Regional Medical Center. Appellee Compensation Fund was not a named party in the original complaint, and was not joined by amended complaint until...

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