ST. JOSEPH'S HOSP. v. COX

Nos. 2D07-1038, 2D07-1471.

14 So.3d 1124 (2009)

ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, Appellant, v. William COX and Martha Cox, Appellees. Eric Castellucci, M.D., and Emergency Medical Associates of Florida, L.L.C., Appellants, v. William Cox and Martha Cox, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied August 25, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney W. Morgan and Roland J. Lamb of Morgan, Lamb, Goldman & Valles, P.A., Tampa, and Kimberly A. Ashby of Akerman Senterfitt, Orlando, for Appellant St. Joseph's Hospital.

Mark Hicks, Shannon Kain, and Irene Porter of Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein, P.A., Miami, and Edward M. Copeland IV of Rissman, Weisberg, Barrett, Hurt, Donahue & McLain, P.A., Tampa, for Appellants Eric Castellucci, M.D., and Emergency Medical Associates of Florida, L.L.C.

Joel D. Eaton of Podhurst Orseck, P.A., Miami, Alan F. Wagner of Wagner Vaughan & McLaughlin, Tampa, and Weldon Earl Brennan of Brennan, Holden & Kavouklis, P.A., Tampa, for Appellees.


NORTHCUTT, Chief Judge.

At the age of sixty-nine, William Cox suffered a stroke with devastating consequences. He contends that the effects of the stroke would have been prevented or reversed if he had been given a clot-busting drug when he was seen in the emergency room at St. Joseph's Hospital. Mr. Cox and his wife sued the hospital, the emergency room doctor, and the doctor's medical practice. The defendants have appealed following a jury verdict that awarded the...

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