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DAVIS v. NORTH SHORE HOSP.

No. 82-1392.

452 So.2d 937 (1983)

Estine DAVIS, Appellant, v. NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL, Leonard Cantor, M.D. and John H. Kathe, M.D., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Podhurst, Orseck, Parks, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow & Olin, and Joel Eaton, and Philip Freidin, Miami, for appellant.

Steven R. Berger, Wolpe & Leibowitz, Miami, Stephens, Lynn, Chernay & Klein, and Deborah Neimark, West Palm Beach, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The trial court ruled that Section 768.56, Florida Statutes (1981),1 which provides for an award of reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party in a medical malpractice action, is unconstitutional because it is vague and because it denies to defendants equal protection of the laws as guaranteed by the Florida Constitution and the Constitution of the United States. This appeal challenges that ruling. We agree with the...

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