PORTER, BROWN, CHITTY & PIRKLE, M.D.P.A. v. PEARSON

Nos. 3D01-169, 3D01-257.

793 So.2d 1012 (2001)

PORTER, BROWN, CHITTY & PIRKLE, M.D.P.A., et al., Petitioners, v. Artae PEARSON, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied September 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parenti, Falk, Waas, Hernandez & Cortina and Gail Parenti and Glenn P. Falk, Coral Gables, for Tenet Health Systems North Shore, Inc.

McGrane & Nosich, Coral Gables, and Jodi C. Page and Gallagher & Howard and Dorothy C. Vanable and Betsy E. Gallagher (Tampa), for Porter, Brown, Chitty & Pirkle, M.D.P.A.

Joel Kaplan, Miami, for respondent.

Before LEVY, SORONDO, and RAMIREZ, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This case raises the issue of whether someone pursuing a civil cause of action under Chapter 395, Florida Statutes, the anti-dumping statute, must comply with the pre-suit screening requirements of Chapter 766, Florida Statutes, the medical malpractice statute. As to this narrow question, we hold that the two statutes are separate and distinct. Therefore, ordinarily, a person seeking to pursue a civil cause of action solely within the confines of Chapter...

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