RAMIREZ v. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

No. 97-3200.

739 So.2d 1240 (1999)

Ramona Janet Corrales RAMIREZ, etc., et al., Appellants, v. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, etc., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold R. Ginsberg and Murray B. Epstein and Carole Gardiner and Todd R. Schwartz, Miami, for appellants.

Fowler, White, Burnett, Hurley, Banick & Strickroot and Steven E. Stark, Miami, for appellees.

Before JORGENSON, LEVY, and FLETCHER, JJ.


JORGENSON, J.

Janet Ramirez appeals a final order entering summary judgment in favor of the University in an action for medical malpractice. We affirm.

In 1993, Elvira Ramirez went to the emergency room of the University of Miami —Jackson Memorial Medical Center complaining of chest pains, nausea, and numbness in her left arm. A triage nurse misdiagnosed Elvira's condition as noncardiac and placed her in a waiting area. Two hours later, the doctor on...

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