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GROBMAN v. POSEY

Nos. 4D02-717, 4D02-747.

863 So.2d 1230 (2003)

Lawrence R. GROBMAN, M.D., Lawrence R. Grobman, M.D., P.A., and SSJ Mercy Health System, Inc., d/b/a Mercy Hospital, and Mercy Hospital, Inc., d/b/a Mercy Hospital, Appellants, v. Elizabeth POSEY, individually and as parent and legal guardian of Justin Posey and Austin Posey, her minor children, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 31, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helen Ann Hauser of Dittmar & Hauser, P.A., Coconut Grove, and Manuel Epelbaum of Robert J. Dickman, P.A., Coral Gables, for appellants Lawrence R. Grobman, M.D., and Lawrence R. Grobman, M.D., P.A.

Jane Kreusler-Walsh of Jane Kreusler-Walsh, P.A., West Palm Beach, Joel R. Wolpe and Isabel Negreira of Wolpe & Leibowitz, L.L.P., Miami, and Lewis W. Fishman of Lewis W. Fishman, P.A., Miami, for appellants SSJ Mercy Health System, Inc., d/b/a Mercy Hospital, and Mercy Hospital, Inc., d/b/a Mercy Hospital.

Edna L. Caruso of Caruso & Burlington, P.A., West Palm Beach, Scott M. Newmark and Sheldon J. Schlesinger of Sheldon J. Schlesinger, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.

GROSS, J.

Dr. Lawrence R. Grobman and SSJ Mercy Health System, Inc. d/b/a Mercy Hospital appeal from an amended final judgment entered after a jury trial in a medical malpractice action.1

The issue we write to address is whether Grobman and Mercy Hospital, non-settling defendants, are entitled to a full setoff for sums paid by a settling defendant prior to trial. Because section 768.81, Florida Statutes (1995), did not apply to...

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