BARRIER v. JFK MEDICAL CENTER LTD. PSHIP.

No. 4D13-3041.

169 So.3d 185 (2015)

Pamela BARRIER, as Guardian of the Person and Property of Chad A. Barrier, Appellant, v. JFK MEDICAL CENTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, d/b/a JFK Medical Center, Palm Beach Emergency Medical Associates, P.L., a limited liability corporation, Jason Sevald, M.D., Armor Correctional Health Services, Inc., a Florida corporation, Tanya Beaumont, L.P.N., Shara Davis, L.P.N., Patricia Salmon, L.P.N., Garry J. Beauzile, M.D., and Pierre Dorsainvil, M.D., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing En Banc Denied July 31, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard S. Grossman and Michael J. Ferrin of Grossman Attorneys at Law, Boca Raton, and Joel S. Perwin of Joel S. Perwin, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Dinah Stein , Mark Hicks , Jedidiah Vander Klok , and Erik Bartenhagen of Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein, P.A., Miami, and Howard Citron of Billing, Cochran, Lyles, Mauro & Ramsey, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee JFK Medical Center Limited Partnership.

Debra Potter Klauber , James S. Haliczer and Renee L. Brant of Haliczer, Pettis & Schwamm, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees Jason Sevald, M.D. and Palm Beach Emergency Medical Associates, P.L.

Christopher J. Bailey and Elizabeth Russo of Russo Appellate Firm, P.A., Miami, and Michaud, Mittelmark, Marowitz & Asrani, PLCC, Boca Raton, for appellees Armor Correctional Health Services, Inc., Tanya Beaumont, L.P.N., Shara Davis, L.P.N., Patricia Salmon, L.P.N., Garry J. Beauzile, M.D. and Pierre Dorsainvil, M.D.


Appellant Pamela Barrier, as guardian of her incapacitated son Chad Barrier, filed a medical malpractice claim on his behalf. The trial court granted summary judgment for the defendants based on the statute of limitations. It determined that the statute ran from the time appellant was appointed emergency temporary guardian and had knowledge...

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