SANTA CRUZ v. N.W. DADE COMMUNITY HEALTH CTR., INC.

No. 90-662.

590 So.2d 444 (1991)

Osmani SANTA CRUZ and Albert DeLara, Appellants, v. NORTHWEST DADE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Touby Smith DeMahy & Drake, and Kenneth R. Drake, Miami, for appellants.

McIntosh & Craven and Douglas M. McIntosh and Carmen Y. Cartaya, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellee.

Osborne, McNatt, Cobb, Shaw, O'Hara & Brown and Jack W. Shaw, Jr., Jacksonville, for amicus curiae, Florida Defense Lawyers Ass'n.

Before HUBBART, BASKIN and COPE, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs Osmani Santa Cruz and Albert DeLara appeal the dismissal of their complaint for medical malpractice against Northwest Dade Community Mental Health Center (Northwest Dade). We affirm.

On August 18, 1986, Oscar Santa Cruz, Osmani's brother, was brought to Northwest Dade by the police pursuant to an ex parte court order describing him as violent and delusional. Oscar was transferred to Highland...

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