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PATE v. THRELKEL

No. 84289.

661 So.2d 278 (1995)

Heidi PATE and James Pate, her husband, Petitioners, 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, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied October 10, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nolan Carter of Law Offices of Nolan Carter, P.A., Orlando, for petitioners.

J. Brent Jones of Hannah, Marsee & Voght, P.A., Orlando; and Francis E. Pierce, III of Gurney & Handley, P.A., Orlando, for respondents.

WELLS, Justice.

We have for review the following question certified to be of great public importance:

DOES A PHYSICIAN OWE A DUTY OF CARE TO THE CHILDREN OF A PATIENT TO WARN THE PATIENT OF THE GENETICALLY TRANSFERABLE NATURE OF THE CONDITION FOR WHICH THE PHYSICIAN IS TREATING THE PATIENT?

Pate v. Threlkel, 640 So.2d 183, 186 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const...

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