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CATO v. WEST FLORIDA HOSP., INC.

No. AX-375.

471 So.2d 598 (1985)

Doreen CATO, As Personal Representative of the Estate of John Cato, Appellant, v. WEST FLORIDA HOSPITAL, INC.; Medical Center Clinic, P.A.; John E. Wimberly, M.D.; and William C. Woolverton, M.D., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 14, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. McKenzie of McKenzie & Associates, P.A., Raymond C. Clay, Jr., Pensacola, for appellant.

Edward P. Nickinson, III, and Frank C. Bozeman of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Pensacola, for appellee West Florida Hosp.

Joe J. Harrell of Harrell, Wiltshire, Stone & Swearingen, Pensacola, for appellees Medical Center, Wimberly and Woolverton.

MILLS, Judge.

Cato's appeals from a jury verdict in favor of appellees in this medical malpractice action. We affirm.

Cato's decedent initially underwent surgery in July 1978 for the implantation of a pacemaker in his right chest. The incision failed to heal and additional surgery was performed in August 1978 in an attempt to clean the wound and facilitate healing. The procedure was unsuccessful and, in September 1978, the pacemaker was removed from the right...

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