CUNNINGHAM v. PARIKH

No. 83-763.

472 So.2d 746 (1985)

Rosann CUNNINGHAM, et al., Appellants, v. Madhu PARIKH, M.D., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied April 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nolan Carter, Orlando, for appellants.

James W. Smith of Smith, Schoder, Rouse & Will, P.A., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Jr., Judge.

Rosann Cunningham and her husband appeal from a judgment in a medical malpractice action entered in favor of Dr. Madhu Parikh. The sole question we address on appeal is whether the Florida Medical Consent statute is constitutional.

The record reflects that Mrs. Cunningham signed a release which authorized surgery and recited that the necessary procedures and the risks and consequences had been explained to her by Dr. Parikh and...

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