HERNANDEZ v. AMISUB, INC.

No. 96-2991.

714 So.2d 539 (1998)

Samuel HERNANDEZ, et al., Appellants, v. AMISUB (AMERICAN HOSPITAL), INC., a Texas corporation, d/b/a A.M.I. Kendall Regional Medical Center, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied July 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Charlip, Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.

Parenti, Falk & Waas, Gail Leverett Parenti and Michael A. Sastre, Coral Gables, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and GODERICH, JJ.


NESBITT, Judge.

The plaintiffs below, Samuel Hernandez and Elizette Hernandez (collectively referred to as "Hernandez" hereafter), appeal from the trial court's order granting a directed verdict in favor of the defendant below, Amisub, Inc., d/b/a Kendall Regional Medical Center (Hospital). We reverse.

On April 11, 1988, a laparotomy pad was left inside Mr. Hernandez' abdomen following surgery at the Hospital. Years later, Hernandez began to experience abdominal...

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