SIERRA BY SIERRA v. PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST

No. 95-0260.

661 So.2d 1296 (1995)

Daniel SIERRA, a minor, by his parents Lucia Alvarez SIERRA and Hernando Sierra, and Lucia Alvarez Sierra and Hernando Sierra, individually, Appellants, v. PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST OF DADE COUNTY d/b/a/ Jackson Memorial Hospital, Jane E. Rudolph, M.D., Gene Burkett, M.D. and Sharon Salamat, M.D., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

November 1, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce H. Fleisher; Robert Alan Rosenblatt; Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, and Joel D. Eaton, for appellants.

Dade County Attorney's Office and Robert A. Ginsburg, Attorney General, and James J. Allen, Assistant County Attorney, for appellees.

Before NESBITT, GODERICH and GREEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Appellants Daniel Sierra, through his parents Lucia and Hernando Sierra ("Sierras"), were the plaintiffs in a declaratory judgment action below against appellees Public Health Trust of Dade County ("Jackson"), Dr. Jane Rudolph, Dr. Gene Burkett and Dr. Sharon Salamat. The complaint alleged that Daniel suffered brain damage during his birth in April 1993 as a result of the medical malpractice of appellees. The complaint further alleged that the Sierras...

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