Medel v. Valentine

SUNDBERG, Justice.

We decide in this appeal whether the benefits of the Medical Mediation Act1 may be afforded a codefendant joined subsequent to the effective date of the Act, but denied to the original defendant against whom suit was filed prior to the Act’s effective date. Because the Circuit Court of Dade County held the Medical Mediation statute unconstitutional as applied to Dr. Valentine, we have jurisdiction over that order as well as over all other issues properly preserved for appeal. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla.Const.; Allen v. State, 326 So.2d 419 (Fla.1975); P. C. Lissenden Co. v.…