Fitchner v. LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, Inc.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the CourtPadovano, J.
This is a wrongful death case. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, but this court reversed the judgment entered on the verdict in a previous appeal by the defendant. The proceeding on remand was concluded in the trial court by an order dismissing the plaintiffs complaint. The basis for the dismissal was that the plaintiff had failed to serve notice of the suit under the medical malpractice statute. The case is now back before the court on the plaintiffs appeal.
The question in this appeal is whether a statutory amendment including blood banks within the class of health care…
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