PIVAR v. BAPTIST HOSP. OF MIAMI, INC.

No. 96-2749.

699 So.2d 273 (1997)

Mildred PIVAR and Seymour Pivar, her husband, Appellants, v. BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 8, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spiegelman and Spiegelman and Robert Spiegelman, Miami; Stuart H. Share, Miami, and Mark T. Packo, Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.

Wicker, Smith, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham & Ford and Shelley H. Leinicke, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Before COPE and GODERICH, JJ., and BARKDULL, Senior Judge.


BARKDULL, Senior Judge.

Appellant Pivar appeals an order granting final summary judgment in favor of appellee Baptist Hospital.

Following hip surgery at Baptist Hospital on July 6, 1994, Pivar was transferred to a private room. On July 13, 1994, Pivar showered in her room with the assistance of a nurse. When showering a patient, a nurse transfers the patient to a special wheelchair designed for showering, places...

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