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DE YOUNG v. BIERFELD

No. 90-1747.

581 So.2d 629 (1991)

Patricia C. DE YOUNG, Appellant, v. James L. BIERFELD, M.D., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith H. Hayes, Miami Beach, for appellant.

James C. Blecke and Burt Redlus, Stephens, Lynn, Klein & McNicholas and Robert Klein and Philip D. Parrish, Miami, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and BASKIN, JJ.

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

We hold that, under the 1985 version of the Medical Malpractice Reform Act, the filing of a petition for an automatic 90-day extension of the statute of limitations under section 768.495(3), Florida Statutes (1985) also effected a similar 90-day extension of the 90-day pre-suit screening and settlement period provided by section 768.57(3)(a), Florida Statutes (1985) which had previously been commenced by a notice of intent to initiate litigation...

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