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EDWARDS v. SUNRISE OPHTHALMOLOGY ASC, LLC

No. 4D12-143.

134 So.3d 1056 (2013)

Marianne EDWARDS, Appellant, v. The SUNRISE OPHTHALMOLOGY ASC, LLC, d/b/a Foundation for Advanced Eye Care; Gil A. Epstein, M.D.; and Fort Lauderdale Eye Institute, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied October 10, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodrigo L. Saavedra, Jr. , of Rodrigo L. Saavedra, Jr., P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Burt E. Redlus of Law Offices of Burt E. Redlus, P.A., Miami, for appellees Gil A. Epstein, M.D., and Fort Lauderdale Eye Institute, Inc.

MAY, J.

Three words beginning with "s": similar, specialize, and specialty, and their use in our medical negligence statutes, are called into question in this appeal. The plaintiff appeals an order dismissing her medical negligence action against an ophthalmologist and his employer1 because she failed to obtain a written opinion from an expert — as defined by section 766.102, Florida Statutes (2009) — to support the negligence...

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