PUENTES v. TENET HIALEAH HEALTHSYSTEM

No. 3D02-2107.

843 So.2d 356 (2003)

Maria PUENTES and Jose Puentes, Appellants, v. TENET HIALEAH HEALTHSYSTEM, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orville McKenzie, for appellants.

Parenti, Falk, Waas, Hernandez & Cortina, and Norman M. Waas, Coral Gables, for appellee.

Before GODERICH, SHEVIN, and RAMIREZ, JJ.


RAMIREZ, J.

Maria and Jose Puentes appeal the dismissal of their negligence suit against appellee Tenet Hialeah Healthsystem ("Hialeah Hospital") for failure to comply with the presuit notice requirements of chapter 766.106(1)(a), Florida Statutes (1999). We affirm because the negligence action arises from Puentes' course of treatment.

Maria Puentes had dinner at El Submarino restaurant on the evening of May 19, 1999. She ordered a fish dinner and immediately...

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