BRANCACCIO v. MEDIPLEX MANAGEMENT OF PORT ST. LUCIE, INC.

No. 97-1013.

711 So.2d 1206 (1998)

Victor BRANCACCIO, Appellant, v. MEDIPLEX MANAGEMENT OF PORT ST. LUCIE, INC., a Florida corporation as general partner for Savannas Hospital Limited Partnership, a Florida limited partnership, d/b/a Savannas Hospital, Donald Berghman, M.D., Donald Berghman, M.D., P.A., Hermin I. Levin, Ph.D., and Hermin I. Levin, Ph.D., P.A., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing, Rehearing, Clarification and Certification of Conflict Denied July 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Sobel of Greenspoon, Marder, Hirschfeld, Rafkin, Ross & Berger, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Janis Brustares Keyser of Gay, Ramsey & Warren, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellees Mediplex and Berghman.

Louise H. McMurray of Stephens, Lynn, Klein & McNicholas, P.A., Miami, for appellees Levin.


Rehearing, Rehearing En Banc, Clarification and Certification of Conflict Denied July 8, 1998.

CORRECTED OPINION

FARMER, Judge.

Victor Brancaccio killed an elderly woman one month after being released from Savannas Hospital, a psychiatric institution. He admitted the killing but contended that it was induced by an involuntary intoxication caused by medicines he was prescribed at the institution...

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