Legal Opinion
Stubbs v. Plantation General Hospital Ltd. Partnership
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 30, 2008No. 4D07-4507PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PALMER, WILLIAM D„ Associate Judge.
Christine Stubbs appeals the final order entered by the trial court dismissing her complaint with prejudice. Concluding that the complaint states a cognizable cause of action and that the trial court improperly looked beyond the four corners of the complaint in ruling on the motion to dismiss, we reverse.
In her complaint Stubbs alleged that, while a patient at Plantation General Hospital, she fell and injured herself as a result of the hospital’s negligence. More specifically, the complaint alleged that defendant Lorenzo Rivera, while acting as an orderly…
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