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FLORIDA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND v. ROWE

No. 64459.

472 So.2d 1145 (1985)

FLORIDA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND, Appellant, v. Lena ROWE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied August 16, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Collins and Craig A. Dennis of Perkins and Collins, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Arnold R. Ginsberg of Horton, Perse and Ginsberg, Barranco and Kellough, P.A. and Goldberg and Vova, Miami, for appellee.

OVERTON, Justice.

This cause concerns the constitutional validity of section 768.56, Florida Statutes (1981), which directs the trial court to award a "reasonable attorney's fee" to the prevailing party in a medical malpractice action. It is before us by virtue of our "pass-through" jurisdiction,1 the Second District Court of Appeal having certified the judgment as involving an issue of great public importance requiring immediate resolution...

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