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BANKS v. HOSPITAL CORP. OF AMERICA

Nos. 88-3135 and 88-3452.

566 So.2d 544 (1990)

Catrina BANKS, a Minor, by and through Her Parents and Next Friends, Roy Banks, and Maria Banks, Individually, Appellants, v. HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA, a Tennessee Corporation, D/B/a Plantation General Hospital; and Hospital Development and Service CORP., a Florida Corporation, D/B/a Plantation General Hospital, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 1, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon J. Schlesinger, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and Jane Kreusler-Walsh and Larry Klein of Klein & Walsh, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellants.

Susan L. Dolin of Conrad, Scherer & James, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 1, 1990.

GARRETT, Judge.

This is a consolidated appeal of a medical malpractice action. We write to address the trial judge's failure to give the standard jury instruction for concurring cause.

Catrina Banks, born prematurely with a respiratory problem, had to have an umbilical artery catheter inserted into her aorta. Two months later, she underwent surgery for...

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