SOUTH MIAMI HOSP., INC. v. PEREZ

No. 3D10-1189.

38 So.3d 809 (2010)

SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL, INC., Petitioner, v. Maria M. PEREZ as Personal Representative of the Estate of Alfredo L. Perez, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Falk, Waas, Hernandez, Cortina, Solomon & Bonner and Michael P. Bonner, and Jackson M. Pitts, Coral Gables, for Petitioner.

John H. Ruiz and Karen J. Barnet-Backer, Miami, for Respondent.

Before SHEPHERD, CORTIÑAS, and SALTER, JJ.


CORTIÑAS, J.

While in the Critical Care Unit ("CCU") at South Miami Hospital ("Hospital"), Alfredo Perez (the "Decedent") allegedly fell from his hospital bed and sustained injuries. Approximately a week and a half after his fall, Decedent passed away. His widow, Maria Perez, as personal representative of the Decedent's estate (the "respondent"), filed a lawsuit asserting a count of negligence against the Hospital in connection with her husband's death. Respondent...

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