GUP v. COOK

No. BS-490.

549 So.2d 1081 (1989)

Alex GUP, M.D. and the Medical Center Clinic, Appellants, v. Katherine COOK and Ernest Cook, Wife and Husband, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Wilson of Harrell, Wiltshire, Swearingen, Wilson & Harrell, P.A., Pensacola, and Patrice A. Talisman of Daniels & Hicks, P.A., Miami, for appellants.

Marguerite H. Davis of Katz, Kutter, Haigler, Alderman, Eaton & Davis, P.A., Tallahassee, for Florida Patients' Compensation Fund, amicus curiae on behalf of appellants.

William C. Baker, Jr., Pensacola, for appellees.


NIMMONS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment awarding appellees $850,000 in damages in a medical malpractice action. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand with directions.

In 1977, Katherine Cook, a 24-year-old mother, was pregnant with her third child. Her obstetrician was Dr. Thomas Wyatt, one of the doctors at the Medical Center Clinic (Clinic). Mrs. Cook first visited Dr. Wyatt on September 28, 1977. During this pregnancy, Mrs. Cook...

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