CURRY v. CAPE CANAVERAL HOSPITAL

No. 82-457.

426 So.2d 64 (1983)

Julie Jolin CURRY, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Henry A. Jolin, Appellant, v. CAPE CANAVERAL HOSPITAL and William F. Addington, M.D., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 2, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James O. Driscoll, of Driscoll, Langston & Kane, P.A., Orlando, for appellant.

Robert K. Rouse, Jr., of Smith, Schoder & Rouse, P.A., Daytona Beach, for appellee, William F. Addington, M.D.

G. Bruce Hill, of Adams, Hill & Fulford, Orlando, for appellee, Cape Canaveral Hosp.


SHARP, Judge.

Curry appeals from the trial court's final summary judgments denying her claims against appellees Cape Canaveral Hospital and Dr. William Addington, an emergency room physician. On behalf of her brother's estate, she sought both punitive and compensatory damages for Dr. Addington's failure to diagnose and treat her brother's ruptured esophagus, which resulted in his death.

We affirm the summary judgments as to their denial of punitive damages...

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