COPENHAVER v. MILLER

No. 88-504.

537 So.2d 198 (1989)

Ronald H. COPENHAVER, D.D.S., Appellant, v. Marcia MILLER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey R. Fuller of Williams, Brasfield, Wertz, Fuller & Lamb, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Geneva Forrester, St. Petersburg, for appellee.


PARKER, Judge.

Copenhaver, a dentist, appeals a final judgment entered after a jury awarded Miller $8,600 for injuries sustained from dental surgery. We reverse the judgment and find that the trial court committed error in denying Copenhaver's motion for a directed verdict on the issue of Miller's informed consent to the surgery.

Miller's complaint alleged that Copenhaver committed dental malpractice. The jury found Copenhaver was not negligent in the treatment...

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