LAWRINSON v. BARTRUFF

No. 91-03683.

600 So.2d 22 (1992)

Charles LAWRINSON and Odessa Lawrinson, husband and wife, Appellants, v. J. Kent BARTRUFF, M.D., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied July 2, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack McGill of Law Offices of R. Jackson McGill, P.A., Venice, for appellants.

Ross L. Fogleman III and Claudia Rosenkoetter, of Ross L. Fogleman III, P.A., Sarasota, for appellee.


HALL, Acting Chief Judge.

Charles and Odessa Lawrinson challenge the directed verdict on the issue of causation entered in favor of Dr. Kent Bartruff in their action against him for medical negligence. We reverse.

On May 5, 1986, Charles Lawrinson went to see Dr. Bartruff, a dermatologist, to have him examine a red area on his cheek he thought was a clogged pore. Dr. Bartruff hulled the area and sent a specimen to Dr. Freeman, a pathologist. Dr. Freeman did...

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