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ARANGO v. REYKA

Nos. 85-419, 85-452, 85-467 and 85-1475.

507 So.2d 1211 (1987)

Rafael D. ARANGO, M.D., and Taranco & Associates Anesthesiology Group, P.A., Appellants/Cross Appellees, v. George REYKA, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Mary A. Reyka, Deceased and the Survivors Thereof; Hospital Development and Service Corporation and/or Hospital Corporation of America D/B/a Plantation General Hospital; et al., Appellees/Cross Appellants. HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE CORPORATION d/b/a Plantation General Hospital, Appellant/Cross Appellee, v. George REYKA, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Mary A. Reyka, Deceased and the Survivors Thereof, Rafael D. Arango, M.D., Taranco & Associates Anesthesiology Group, P.A., Joel S. Shulman, M.D., Goodman Cardiopulmonary Assoc., et al., Appellees/Cross Appellants. FLORIDA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND, Appellant/Cross Appellee, v. Rafael D. ARANGO, M.D., & Taranco & Associates Anesthesiology Group, P.A., George Reyka, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Mary A. Reyka, Deceased, and the Survivors Thereof, Appellees/Cross Appellants. George REYKA, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Mary A. Reyka, Deceased, Appellant, v. HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE CORPORATION d/b/a Plantation General Hospital, Rafael D. Arango, M.D., Taranco & Associates Anesthesiology Group, P.A., Joel S. Shulman, M.D., Goodman Cardiopulmonary Associates, M.D., P.A., and Florida Patient's Compensation Fund, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 3, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosenberg & Davis, Davie, and James C. Blecke, Miami, for Rafael D. Arango, M.D. and Taranco & Associates.

Rex Conrad and Valerie Shea of Conrad, Scherer & James, Fort Lauderdale, for Hospital Development and Service Corp. d/b/a Plantation General Hosp.

K.P. Jones of Jones, Zaifert and Steinberg, Fort Lauderdale, for Florida Patient's Compensation Fund.

Sheldon J. Schlesinger, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and Joel D. Eaton of Podhurst, Orseck, Parks, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow & Olin, P.A., Miami, for George Reyka, as personal representative of the Estate of Mary A. Reyka.

STONE, Judge.

The jury in this wrongful death action determined that the defendant anesthesiology association, Taranco & Associates Anesthesiology Group, P.A., and the codefendant hospital, Hospital Development and Service Corporation, were engaged in a joint venture. The primary issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying the hospital's motions for a directed verdict and for judgment n.o.v., based on an alleged insufficiency of the evidence...

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