MEDINA v. VARIETY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

Nos. 81-1814, 81-1865.

438 So.2d 138 (1983)

Alejandro MEDINA and Zulema Medina, Individually and As the Parents and Next Friends of Javier Medina, a Minor, Appellants, v. VARIETY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, a Florida Corporation and Mt. Sinai Hospital of Greater Miami, Inc., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horton, Perse & Ginsberg, Ratiner & Glinn, Miami, for appellants.

Talburt, Kubicki & Bradley and Betsy E. Hartley, Adams, Ward, Hunter, Angones & Adams, Jeanne Heyward, Miami, Adkins & Hardy, Coral Gables, for appellees.

Before NESBITT, DANIEL S. PEARSON, and FERGUSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

A jury awarded damages of $25,000 to an infant and one parent for substantial injuries suffered by the infant as a result of medical negligence. The jury verdict and final judgment must be set aside because the record affirmatively demonstrates that the verdict was improper or that the jury was influenced by considerations outside the record. It is also apparent that the jury was deceived as to the force and credibility of the evidence owing to improper...

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