TRACEY v. BARRETT

No. 88-03370.

550 So.2d 558 (1989)

James TRACEY, Appellant, v. John P. BARRETT, M.D., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel D. Eaton of Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A., Miami, and Wagner, Cunningham, Vaughan & McLaughlin, P.A., Tampa, for appellant.

William C. Blake, Jr. of Blake & Associates, P.A., Tampa, for appellee.


THREADGILL, Judge.

Appellant, plaintiff below, challenges the dismissal with prejudice of his medical malpractice complaint. The complaint was dismissed because the letter he sent to the appellee/doctor failed to comply with the notice requirements of section 768.57(2), Florida Statutes (1987). We find that the letter satisfied the notice requirements and reverse.

Appellant sent a letter by certified mail to the appellee on November 13, 1987 regarding surgery...

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