St. Mary's Hospital, Inc. v. Bass ex rel. Bass

These consolidated appeals emerged from a lawsuit by the parents of a child who suffered profound injuries at birth which will require lifelong care. The parents filed personal injury claims against certain health care providers and also sought a declaratory judgment that their claims against these providers were not barred by the immunity provisions of the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act and that the Act was in any event unconstitutional. See §§ 766.301 to 766.316, Fla.Stat. (1989).

Finding it unnecessary to reach the constitutional questions, the trial court…