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VALCIN v. PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST OF DADE COUNTY

No. 81-2131.

473 So.2d 1297 (1984)

Gregoria VALCIN and Gerard Valcin, Her Husband, Appellants, v. PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST of Dade County, D/B/a Jackson Memorial Hospital, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

On Motions for Clarification and Rehearing August 20, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virgin, Whittle & Garbis and Gary E. Garbis and Thomas P. Murphy, Miami, for appellants.

Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder & Carson and George Chesrow and Kathleen M. O'Connor, Miami, for appellee.

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

On Appellee's Motions for Clarification and Rehearing August 20, 1985.

DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

In May 1978, after Gregoria Valcin had given birth to her fifth child at Jackson Memorial Hospital, she asked to be sterilized. Accordingly, Dr. Shroder, a member of the hospital staff,1 performed a Pomeroy tubal ligation on Valcin six days after the birth. About a year and a half later, Valcin suffered a ruptured ectopic (tubal) pregnancy...

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