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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI v. ZEPEDA BY ZEPEDA

Nos. 95-1679, 95-1615.

674 So.2d 765 (1996)

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, d/b/a University of Miami School of Medicine, and The Public Health Trust d/b/a Jackson Memorial Hospital, Appellants v. Karina ZEPEDA, a minor, By and Through her parents and as natural guardians, Luis and Dora ZEPEDA, and Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied June 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fowler, White, Burnett, Hurley, Banick, & Strickroot and Steven E. Stark, Miami, for appellant, University of Miami.

Robert A. Ginsburg, Dade County Attorney and Stephen J. Keating, Assistant County Attorney, for appellant, Public Health Trust.

Deutsch & Blumberg and James C. Blecke and John B. Ostrow, Miami, for appellees, Karina Zepeda and Luis and Dora Zepeda.

Pennington, Culpepper, Moore, Wilkinson, Dunbar & Dunlap and Bruce Culpepper and William E. Whitney, Tallahassee, for appellee, Neurological Injury Compensation Association.

Before JORGENSON, LEVY and GREEN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Appellants appeal a final order of the Division of Administrative Hearings which determined that a birth-related injury sustained by appellee Karina Zepeda was not compensable under Florida's Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan [NICA], see sections 766.301-.316, Florida Statutes (1991).1 The hearing officer basically concluded, after reviewing conflicting medical opinions, that Karina did not sustain...

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