CHRISTENSEN v. COOPER

Nos. 5D06-390, 5D06-874.

972 So.2d 207 (2007)

Corina CHRISTENSEN, Individually, etc., et al., Appellant, v. Everett C. COOPER, M.D., Coastal, etc., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied January 14, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Shipley of Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., and Edna L. Caruso, of Edna L. Caruso, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellants.

Henry W. Jewett, II, and Robert H. Peterson of Rissman, Barrett, Hurt, Donahue & McLain, Orlando, for Appellees.


TORPY, J.

In this medical malpractice action, Appellant, Corina Christensen, challenges the directed verdict in favor of Appellees, an emergency room doctor and his employer. The lower court concluded that Appellees' alleged omissions were governed by the Good Samaritan Act ("the Act") and that Appellant's expert's testimony failed to establish the requisite "reckless disregard" necessary to prove liability under the Act. Although we affirm the lower court's conclusion...

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