POSEY v. GROBMAN

No. 4D05-644.

951 So.2d 857 (2005)

Elisabeth POSEY, Individually and as parent and legal guardian of Justin Posey and Austin Posey, minor children, Appellants, v. Lawrence R. GROBMAN, M.D.; Lawrence R. Grobman, M.D., P.A.; SSJ Mercy Health System Inc.; and Mercy Hospital, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied April 23, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edna L. Caruso and Diran V. Seropian of Edna L. Caruso, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Sheldon J. Schlesinger and Scott Newmark of Sheldon J. Schlesinger, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.

Helen Ann Hauser of Dittmar & Hauser, P.A., Coconut Grove, for appellees.


STONE, J.

The plaintiffs (Posey) appeal a post-verdict cost order granting a set-off to a defendant, Dr. Grobman, for taxable costs paid by a co-defendant, Mercy Hospital, pursuant to a separate settlement of taxable costs with Posey. The jury had returned a verdict for Posey and apportioned negligence, 90% to Dr. Grobman and 10% to Mercy.

After the Mercy settlement, the trial court, at Dr. Grobman's request, isolated and apportioned those costs that were...

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