PATE v. THRELKEL

No. 92-2776.

640 So.2d 183 (1994)

Heidi PATE and James Pate, her husband, Appellants, v. James B. THRELKEL, M.D.; James B. Threlkel, M.D., P.A.; Gessler Clinic, P.A.; Shands Teaching Hospital & Clinics, Inc.; and Florida Board of Regents, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 1, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nolan Carter, of Nolan Carter, P.A., Orlando, for appellants.

J. Brent Jones, of Hannah, Marsee, Beik & Voght, P.A., Orlando, for appellees/Threlkel and Gessler Clinic.

Francis E. Pierce, III, of Gurney & Handley, P.A., Orlando, for appellees/Shands and the Florida Bd. of Regents.


SHIVERS, Senior Judge.

Appellants bring this appeal from an order dismissing their complaint with prejudice on the basis that they were not patients of the appellees/defendants and did not fit within any exception to the requirement that there be a physician/patient relationship as a condition precedent to bringing a cause of action for medical malpractice. The specific issue raised is whether a physician has a duty to the children of a patient with a genetically...

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