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ROONEY v. HANNON

No. 97-0920.

732 So.2d 408 (1999)

Patrick ROONEY, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Maria Leonor Dingee, Deceased, and C.M., By and Through her next best friend, Carlos Motoa, her father, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Lawrence E. HANNON, M.D., P.A., Lawrence E. Hannon, M.D., Cecil S. Sherk, M.D., P.A., Cecil S. Sherk, M.D., Hugh G. Steele, M.D., P.A., and Hugh G. Steele, M.D., Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joanne Fanizza of Law Offices of Joanne Fanizza, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellants/cross-appellees.

Paul H. Field of Lane, Reese, Aulick, Summers & Field, P.A., Coral Gables, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant-Lawrence E. Hannon, M.D., P.A., and Lawrence E. Hannon, M.D.

Warren Kwavnick, and David Cooney of Cooney, Haliczer, Mattson, Lance, Blackburn, Pettis & Richards, Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant-Cecil S. Sherk, M.D., P.A., and Cecil S. Sherk, M.D.

Kristin A. West, and K.P. Jones of Jones & Wolfe, Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant-Hugh G. Steele, M.D., P.A., and Hugh G. Steele, M.D.

GROSS, J.

This case arose out of the death of Maria Dingee. The contention of the lawsuit filed by her personal representative was that Dingee worked as a housekeeper at the office of the appellee physicians, that she was stuck by a needle improperly disposed of in a biohazardous waste container, and that as a result she contracted HIV and ultimately died from AIDS related complications. The appellees vigorously contested liability at trial, arguing that the needle...

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