SHANDS TEACHING HOSP. & CLINICS v. LEE

No. BD-38.

478 So.2d 77 (1985)

SHANDS TEACHING HOSPITAL AND CLINICS, INC. and the Board of Regents, Appellants, v. Norissa M. LEE, a Minor, by and through Her Mother and Next Friend, Jeanne M. Lee, and Jeanne M. Lee, Individually, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied December 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon L. Mills of McGalliard, Mills, deMontmollin & Smith, Gainesville, for appellants.

Craig F. Hall of Hall & Hall, Gainesville, for appellees.


ERVIN, Judge.

Shands Teaching Hospital And Clinics, Inc. (Shands) and the Board of Regents appeal from an order awarding attorney's fees pursuant to Section 768.56, Florida Statutes, authorizing an award of attorney's fees to the prevailing party in medical malpractice actions. Appellants raise several issues on appeal, only one of which merits discussion. We affirm as modified.

Subsequent to the parties entering into a final binding offer of judgment in the...

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