KUHNE v. FLORIDA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 12-13387.

745 F.3d 1091 (2014)

Jeffrey KUHNE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Lysette Lagares, M.D., in her individual capacity, Olivia Williams, R.N., in her individual capacity, Paula Bryson, L.P.N., in her individual capacity, Harold parker, A.R.N.P., in his individual capacity, Officer Susan Mcintosh, in her individual capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 10, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie A. Mattox, Marie A. Mattox , PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

William Peter Martin , Dennis Jackson Martin & Fontela, PA, Pam Bondi, Attorney General's Office, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before PRYOR and JORDAN, Circuit Judges, and PRO, District Judge.


JORDAN, Circuit Judge.

Samuel Goldwyn, the legendary movie mogul, reportedly said that a "verbal contract isn't worth the paper it is written on."1 The same, we conclude, goes for a refusal of medical care form that, if the testimony of the plaintiff is to be believed, was materially altered after he signed it. And because the validity of that document is in question, it could not have served...

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