SHARPE v. HOWELL

No. 92-3317.

629 So.2d 314 (1993)

Isabella K. SHARPE, M.D., Appellant, v. Charles Cook HOWELL, III, P.A. and Charles Cook Howell, III, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 28, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Ranson, III, Orlando, for appellant.

Robert F. Spohrer of Spohrer, Wilner, Marees & Maxwell, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellees.

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


PER CURIAM.

Appellant seeks reversal of a final summary judgment entered in her legal malpractice suit. We affirm.

Appellant is a pulmonary specialist who was involved in the care of Claire Veckruise. This patient died in April 1983 while appellant was performing a bronchoscopy. The patient's estate filed suit against appellant alleging medical malpractice. At the time, appellant was insured by Physician's Protective Trust Fund (hereafter, PPTF), which undertook...

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