OB/GYN SPECIALISTS OF PALM BEACHES v. MEJIA

No. 4D12-42.

134 So.3d 1084 (2014)

OB/GYN SPECIALISTS OF THE PALM BEACHES, P.A., Perinatal and Gynecologic Specialists of the Palm Beaches, Inc., d/b/a Perinatal Specialists of the Palm Beaches, and Marie Morel, M.D., Appellants, v. Ana MEJIA and Rodolfo Santana, individually, and as parent and natural guardians of Bryan Santana, a minor, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied March 31, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca Mercier Vargas and Jane Kreusler-Walsh of Kreusler-Walsh, Compiani & Vargas, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Steven Lubell and Mark L. Rosen of Lubell & Rosen, LLC, Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.

Bard D. Rockenbach of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, Schuler, Halvorson, Weisser & Zoeller, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Robert T. Bergin, Jr. , P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellees.


KLINGENSMITH, J.

Appellants/defendants, OB/GYN Specialists of the Palm Beaches and Marie Morel, M.D., appeal a final judgment awarding appellees/plaintiffs $2.5 million in damages following a jury trial in a medical malpractice action. They contend that the trial court committed reversible error by precluding them from presenting argument and evidence that third trimester abortions are generally illegal in the state of Florida. In support, they claim this information...

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