THE NATIONAL DEAF ACADEMY v. TOWNES

No. SC16-1587.

242 So.3d 303 (2018)

The NATIONAL DEAF ACADEMY, LLC, etc., Petitioner, v. Denise TOWNES, etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 26, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Hicks and Mary Street of Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein, P.A., Miami, Florida; and Julie W. Allison of Julie W. Allison, P.A., Miami, Florida, for Petitioner.

Nicholas A. Shannin of Shannin Law Firm, P.A., Orlando, Florida; and Sean C. Dominick of Dominick Cunningham & Whalen, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, for Respondents.


The issue in this case requires this Court to determine when a negligence claim arises out of the "rendering of, or the failure to render, medical care or services," as the Legislature's definition of medical malpractice provides, thereby subjecting a plaintiff to the onerous presuit requirements and restrictions of the medical malpractice...

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