Legal Opinion · Dissent

Tuyuana L. Morris, etc. v. Orlando S. Muniz, M.D.

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided September 6, 2018No. SC16-931Published

1DissentCanady, C.J.

I disagree with the majority's decision to quash the First District's decision in Morris v. Muniz , 189 So.3d 348 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016), and to reinstate Morris's medical malpractice complaint against the various defendants in this case. I would instead approve the result reached by the First District. Under a proper reading of the statutes governing the medical malpractice presuit process, Morris's purported presuit "medical expert"-Dr. Thompson-as a matter of law did not satisfy the statutory requirements for such experts. Accordingly, I dissent.

This case is readily resolved on the ground…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. A. R. Douglass, Inc. v. McRainey, as Admrx.Supreme Court of Florida · 1931
  2. State v. GoodeSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
  3. Kukral v. MekrasSupreme Court of Florida · 1996
  4. FORT WALTON BEACH MED. CENTER v. DinglerDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  5. Baptist Medical Center of the Beaches, Inc. v. RhodinDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010

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