VILLAR v. PEREIRAS

No. 91-110.

588 So.2d 678 (1991)

Fausto VILLAR, Appellant, v. Raul V. PEREIRAS, Jr., M.D., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

November 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Alfredo De Armas, Miami, for appellant.

Womack & Bass and J. Lorraine Brennan, Miami, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, LEVY and GODERICH, JJ.


GODERICH, Judge.

The plaintiff, Fausto Villar, appeals from a final judgment entered in favor of the defendant, Raul V. Pereiras, Jr., M.D. in a medical negligence action. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Villar was diagnosed with an aneurysm of the aorta. In order to confirm the diagnosis, Dr. Pereiras performed a procedure known as an arteriogram. The procedure involves inserting a catheter into the femoral artery. Thereafter, the catheter is removed...

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