BRANIFF v. GALEN OF FLORIDA, INC.

No. 94-2460.

669 So.2d 1051 (1995)

Lori Ann BRANIFF, and Christopher J. Braniff, Appellants, v. GALEN OF FLORIDA, INC., and Robert Bazley, M.D., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 11, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Shields McManus of Gary, Williams, Parenti, Finney & Lewis, Stuart; Edna L. Caruso of Caruso, Burlington, Bohn & Compiani, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellants.

Robert E. Broach and Alan K. Ragan of Marks, Gray, Conroy & Gibbs, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellee/Galen.

Jack W. Shaw, Jr. of Osborne, McNatt, Shaw, O'Hara, Brown & Obringer, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellee/Dr. Bazley.


PER CURIAM.

The Braniffs appeal the dismissal of their medical malpractice action where they alleged that the appellees' (defendants') negligent delivery of their daughter caused the infant to suffer severe neurological impairment and irreversible brain damage. The trial court concluded that the Braniffs' action was precluded by Florida's Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act (NICA), sections 766.301-766.316, Florida Statutes (1993), which limited the...

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