BROWN v. SIMS

No. 86-2031.

538 So.2d 901 (1989)

Mary BROWN, Appellant/Cross Appellee, v. M. David SIMS, M.D.; South Miami Hospital Foundation, Inc.; the Florida Patients Compensation Fund; Florida's Physicians Protective Trust, Appellees, and Christian Keedy, M.D., Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

As Corrected on Denial of Clarification and Rehearing March 2, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sinclair, Louis, Siegel, Heath, Nussbaum & Zavertnik and Paul Siegel, Miami, for appellant/cross appellee.

Carey, Dwyer, Cole, Eckhart, Mason & Spring and Pamela Beckham, Miami, for appellee M. David Sims.

Stephens, Lynn, Klein & McNicholas and Debra J. Snow and Robert M. Klein, Miami, for appellee/cross-appellant Christian Keedy, M.D.

Blackwell, Walker, Fascell & Hoehl and James E. Tribble and Paul R. Larkin, Jr. and Anthony D. Dwyer, Miami, for appellee South Miami Hosp.

No appearance for appellee Florida Patients Compensation Fund.

Before HUBBART, FERGUSON and JORGENSON, JJ.


FERGUSON, Judge.

Mary Brown, the appellant, suffered a devastating stroke during or shortly after elective abdominal surgery. She brought this medical malpractice action against the appellees David Sims, a gynecologist, Christian Keedy, a neurosurgeon, and South Miami Hospital. At the conclusion of the evidence, in a ten-day trial, the court directed a verdict for Dr. Sims. On the following day the jury returned verdicts for Dr. Keedy and the hospital. Mrs. Brown...

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