LIGHTERMAN v. PORTER

No. 88-2902.

548 So.2d 891 (1989)

Irwin LIGHTERMAN, M.D., Appellant, v. Martha PORTER, Individually, and As Mother and Natural Guardian of Audra Porter, a Minor, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levine & Lygnos and Arthur Joel Levine, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellant.

Sobel & Sobel, and Martin A. Feigenbaum, Miami, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and COPE, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant Irwin Lighterman, M.D., appeals entry of partial summary judgment against him on the issue of liability in a medical malpractice action. As there exists a disputed issue of material fact, we reverse.

Ms. Porter, plaintiff below, brought her daughter Audra to the emergency room of Miami General Hospital for treatment of lacerations Audra had suffered to two of her fingers. While waiting in the emergency room, Ms. Porter, a nurse at the...

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