Legal Opinion
Abbey v. Patrick
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided September 14, 2009No. 1D09-0298PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPadovano, J.
Dr. Thomas Abbey petitions this court for a writ of certiorari to review an order by the trial court denying his motion for summary judgment. He contends that the motion should have been granted because the statute of limitations expired before the plaintiff filed suit against him for medical negligence. We conclude that the alleged error in computing the time for filing a lawsuit did not deprive Dr. Abbey of his rights under the medical malpractice pre-suit screening statutes, and that the pretrial order denying his motion for summary judgment does not otherwise meet the test for review by…
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