PINELLAS EM. MENTAL HEALTH. SERVS., INC. v. RICHARDSON

No. 88-711.

532 So.2d 60 (1988)

PINELLAS EMERGENCY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC., Appellant, v. Shirley RICHARDSON and William Richardson, Her Husband, and Charles Lloyd Albury, Charles B. Albury, Maxine F. Albury, His Wife, Psychiatric Hospitals of Florida, Inc., d/b/a Horizon Hospital, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo H. Meirose, Jr., and Randall C. Callahan of Battaglia, Ross, Hastings, Dicus and Andrews, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Kirk S. Davis of Greene & Mastry, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellees Shirley and William Richardson.

Michael S. Rywant and Matthew R. Danahy of Mitchell, Alley, Rywant and Vessel, P.A., Tampa, for appellees Charles Lloyd, Charles B. and Maxine F. Albury.


SCHEB, Acting Chief Judge.

Pinellas Emergency Mental Health Services, Inc. (PEMHS) appeals a nonfinal order dismissing its answer and affirmative defenses in a medical malpractice action. We vacate the order and remand for further proceedings.

Appellee Shirley Richardson and her husband retained counsel to represent them in a medical malpractice action against Appellant PEMHS. On December 12, 1985, the attorney sent PEMHS a notice of intent to initiate litigation...

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