CHAPMAN v. FLA. PATIENT'S COM. FUND

No. 84-2534.

484 So.2d 637 (1986)

Nicole CHAPMAN, a Minor, by and through Her Parents and Next Friends, Verna D. Chapman and Kenneth Chapman, and Verna D. Chapman and Kenneth Chapman, Individually, Appellants, v. FLORIDA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horton, Perse & Ginsberg and Arnold R. Ginsberg, Lawrence B. Rodgers, Virgin & Kray, Miami, for appellants.

Perkins & Collins and Samuel R. Neel, III, Tallahassee, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

In Taddiken v. Florida Patient's Compensation Fund, 478 So.2d 1058 (Fla. 1985), the supreme court held that the two-year statute of limitations in a medical malpractice action applies to the Fund the same as it applies to a health care provider so that where the Fund is not made a defendant in an action within two years of the date the cause of action arose, the action will be barred against the Fund notwithstanding...

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