JOHANSEN v. VUOCOLO

No. 4D11-2148.

125 So.3d 197 (2013)

Yvette JOHANSEN has Personal Representative of the Estate of George Johansen, Appellant, v. Philip S. VUOCOLO, M.D. and Heart & Family Institute Of Port St. Lucie, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 31, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca Mercier Vargas and Jane Kreusler-Walsh of Kreusler-Walsh, Compiani & Vargas, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Brent L. Probinsky of Brent L. Probinsky, P.A., Sarasota, for appellant.

Shelley H. Leinicke of Wicker , Smith, O'Hara, McCoy & Ford, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.


TAYLOR, J.

In this appeal from a final judgment entered on a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case, appellant/plaintiff Yvette Johansen, as Personal Representative of the Estate of George Johansen (Estate), seeks a new trial, arguing that the trial court reversibly erred in bifurcating her claims of medical malpractice and negligent hiring and retention of the primary surgeon from her claims of negligent hiring and retention of the assistant surgeon. We affirm...

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