GONZALEZ v. MERCY HOSP., INC.

No. 97-3189.

738 So.2d 955 (1999)

Blanca P. GONZALEZ and Anibal E. Gonzalez, her husband, Appellants, v. MERCY HOSPITAL, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion Denying Rehearing and Granting Clarification June 23, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Orlando R. Ruiz and Elizabeth Russo & Associates and Lee Katherine Goldstein, for appellants.

Lewis Fishman and Wolpe & Leibowitz and Bradley H. Trushin and George Fernandez, for appellee.

Before COPE, LEVY and SORONDO, JJ.


COPE, J.

Plaintiffs-appellants Blanca and Anibal Gonzalez appeal from a judgment in favor of defendant-appellee Mercy Hospital, Inc. We reverse.

In May 1996 Anibal Gonzalez was recovering from heart surgery at Mercy Hospital. During a visit to his room, his wife Blanca slipped and fell, breaking her hip. The plaintiffs contended that Blanca slipped in water spilled on the floor by a hospital employee, a claim denied by the hospital. Plaintiffs sued the hospital...

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