MENENDEZ v. PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST OF DADE CTY.

No. 89-2332.

566 So.2d 279 (1990)

Magda MENENDEZ and Americo Menendez, As the Natural Parents of Adaris Menendez, a Minor, Appellants, v. PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST OF DADE COUNTY, Florida, D/B/a Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami, and Mary O'Sullivan, M.D., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied September 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Chesrow, Coral Gables, and Orlando Ruiz, Miami, for appellants.

Thornton, David, Murray, Richard & Davis and Aurora Ares and Sheryl E. Berkowitz, Fowler, White, Burnett, Hurley, Banick & Strickroot and Steven E. Stark, Miami, for appellees.

Before HUBBART, NESBITT and BASKIN, JJ.


BASKIN, Judge.

The Menendezes appeal an adverse summary judgment entered in a medical malpractice action. We affirm as to Dr. O'Sullivan and the University of Miami; we reverse as to Public Health Trust of Dade County, Florida, d/b/a Jackson Memorial Hospital [Jackson], and remand for further proceedings.

On June 8, 1981, Magda Menendez was admitted to Jackson. She was hemorrhaging during a pregnancy and suffering from gestation diabetes. She remained hospitalized...

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