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NEHME v. SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CLINICAL LABORATORIES, INC.

No. SC02-1680.

863 So.2d 201 (2003)

Naji NEHME, etc., Petitioner, v. SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CLINICAL LABORATORIES, INC., etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 25, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl Denney of Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL; and Philip M. Burlington of Caruso, Burlington, Bohn & Compiani, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, for Petitioner.

Mercer K. Clarke and Spencer T. Kuvin of Clarke, Silvergate, Williams & Montgomery, Miami, FL; Andrew T. Bayman of King & Spalding, Atlanta, Georgia; Jennings L. Hurt, III, John P. Daly, and Karissa O. McAloon of Rissman, Weisberg, Barrett, Hurt, Donahue & McLain, P.A., Orlando, Florida; and Arthur J. England, Jr. And Julissa Rodriguez of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, FL, for Respondents.

Gail Leverett Parenti of Parenti, Falk, Waas, Hernandez & Falk, Coral Gables, Florida, and Hal B. Anderson of Billing, Cochran, Heath, Lyles & Mauro, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Florida Defense Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae.

CANTERO, J.

In this case, we must interpret a statute of repose applicable to medical malpractice cases. Section 95.11(4)(b), Florida Statutes (1993), extends the normal four-year statute of repose for such actions to seven years when "fraud, concealment, or intentional misrepresentation of fact" prevents discovery of the injury. The Fifth District Court of Appeal has certified the following question of great public importance:

DOES THE TERM CONCEALMENT AS...

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