VELLANTI v. MAERCKS

No. 90-2278.

590 So.2d 495 (1991)

Christine VELLANTI, Appellant, v. Ralph MAERCKS, M.D., and Ralph Maercks, M.D., P.A., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 3, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spence Payne Masington Needle & Eversole, and Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, and Joel S. Perwin, for appellant.

Lee, Schulte, Murphy & Eaton, and Thomas J. Schulte, and Rebecca Greer Tanner, for appellees.

Before HUBBART, BASKIN and GERSTEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Christine Vellanti (Vellanti), appeals a final summary judgment in favor of appellees, Ralph Maercks and Ralph Maercks, M.D., P.A. (Dr. Maercks). We reverse and remand.

Vellanti sued her psychiatrist, Dr. Maercks, on December 11, 1987, alleging medical malpractice. The trial court found that the two year statute of limitations began to run as of April 5, 1985, because on that date Vellanti signed a writing purporting to release Dr. Maercks...

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