HIGLEY v. FLA. PATIENT'S COMP. FUND

No. 85-2212.

506 So.2d 483 (1987)

Sue A. HIGLEY and the Continental Insurance Company, Appellants, v. FLORIDA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Sherman of Law Offices of Richard A. Sherman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.

Craig A. Dennis and Samuel R. Neel, III, of Perkins & Collins, Tallahassee, for appellee.


ANSTEAD, Judge.

This is an appeal from a consent final judgment in an action for subrogation. At issue is whether the Florida Patient's Compensation Fund is entitled to indemnification from a hospital employee or the employee's insurance carrier when the Fund has settled a claim made against the hospital based solely upon the employee's negligence. We affirm the trial court's judgment holding that the Fund may recover.

This case originated in May, 1980 with...

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