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VARGAS v. GLADES GENERAL HOSP.

Nos. 87-2393, 88-3199.

566 So.2d 282 (1990)

Marisol VARGAS, a Minor by and through Her Mother and Next Friend, Olga Vargas, and Her Father and Next Friend, Ruben Vargas, and Olga Vargas, Individually, and Ruben Vargas, Individually, Appellants, v. GLADES GENERAL HOSPITAL, the Florida Patients Compensation Fund and Rolando Piedra, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edna L. Caruso of Edna L. Caruso, P.A., and Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley, West Palm Beach, for appellants.

Marguerite H. Davis of Katz, Kutter, Haigler, Alderman, Eaton & Davis, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellee-Florida Patient's Compensation Fund.

Nancy P. Maxwell of Metzger & Sonneborn, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee-Glades General Hosp.

Robert M. Klein and Debra J. Snow of Stephens, Lynn, Klein & McNicholas, P.A., for appellee-Rolando Piedra, M.D.

WARNER, Judge.

The parents of a minor appeal a final summary judgment against them finding that their action against Glades General Hospital and Florida Patient's Compensation Fund is barred by the running of the statute of limitations found in section 768.28(11), Florida Statutes (1979). The appellants contend that the statute was tolled by fraudulent concealment of the facts so as to prevent them from discovering the defendants' negligence, or, alternatively, that...

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