HAWKINS v. PIZARRO

No. 96-2605.

713 So.2d 1036 (1998)

James E. HAWKINS and Ellen Hawkins f/n/a Ellen Shaw, his wife, Appellants, v. George R. PIZARRO, M.D., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied August 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ford, Domnick, Wolf & Lopez-Albear and Sean C. Domnick, Miami; Barbara Green, for appellants.

Diaz & Morel-Saruski and Ana Morel-Saruski, Coral Gables; Hicks & Anderson and Ila J. Klion and Cindy L. Ebenfeld, Miami, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, COPE and LEVY, JJ.


COPE, Judge.

James E. Hawkins, one of the plaintiffs in this medical malpractice action, appeals the entry of summary judgment for the defendant/appellee George R. Pizzaro, M.D. We affirm.

In May 1994, Pizzaro examined Ellen Shaw and took a blood sample to test for hepatitis C. The laboratory results correctly showed that Shaw had tested positive for hepatitis C, but Pizzaro's office improperly advised Shaw that she had tested negative.

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