JOST v. AHMAD

No. 97-01731.

730 So.2d 708 (1998)

Kayren P. JOST, as Plenary Guardian of Arthur Myers, Appellant, v. Amir AHMAD, M.D.; Amir Ahmad, M.D., P.A.; and Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley A. Fink of Fink and Sweet, Daytona Beach, and W.C. Gentry and Corinne C. Hodak of Gentry, Phillips & Hodak, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellant.

Philip D. Parrish of Stephens, Lynn, Klein & McNichols, P.A., Miami, and Ronald H. Josepher of Josepher, Blazicek & Batteese, P.A., Tampa, for Appellees Amir Ahmad, M.D., and Amir Ahmad, M.D., P.A.

Thomas M. Hoeler, William E. Hahn, and Roland J. Lamb of Shear, Newman, Hahn & Rosenkranz, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Inc.


PATTERSON, Judge.

In this medical malpractice action, Karen Jost, guardian of Arthur Myers, appeals from a final judgment in favor of the appellees, entered after an adverse jury verdict. We reverse because of an improper communication between a representative of the appellees and a critical plaintiffs witness.

On February 9, 1994, Myers, who had been suffering from flu-like symptoms, visited his general physician, appellee Amir Ahmad, M.D. Dr. Ahmad had been...

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