COHEN v. BURGER

No. 4D00-1107.

769 So.2d 466 (2000)

Dorothy COHEN and Alex Cohen, Appellants, v. Lewis J. BURGER, M.D.; Burger & Goldstein, M.D.S, P.A.; Columbia/JFK Healthcare System, Inc., d/b/a JFK Medical Center, a Florida Corporation; Allan Wald, M.D.; and Allan Wald, M.D., P.A., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied November 2, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorothy Cohen and Alex Cohen, West Palm Beach, pro se.

Shelley H. Leinicke of Wicker, Smith, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham & Ford, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee-JFK Medical Center, Inc.

William T. Viergever of Sonneborn Rutter Cooney Klingensmith & Eyler P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellees-Lewis J. Burger, M.D. and Burger & Goldstein, M.D.s, P.A.

Jeffrey C. Fulford of Bobo Spicer Ciotoli Fulford Bocchino DeBevoise & Romaguera, P.A., North Palm Beach, for Appellees-Allan Wald, M.D. and Allan Wald, M.D., P.A.


PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See § 766.102, Fla. Stat. (1997) (requiring that evidence of prevailing professional standard of care for a given health care provider be that of a "similar health care provider" as defined in the statute); see also Sims v. Helms, 345 So.2d 721 (Fla.1977); Borne v. Lawnwood Regional Med. Ctr., 767 So.2d 542 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000); Robbins v. Newhall...

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