Legal Opinion
Emma Gayle Weaver, etc. v. Stephen C. Myers, M.D.
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided November 9, 2017No. SC15-1538Published
1Opinion of the Court
Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC15-1538 ____________ EMMA GAYLE WEAVER, etc., Petitioner, vs. STEPHEN C. MYERS, M.D., et al., Respondents. [November 9, 2017] LEWIS, J. This case involves a Florida constitutional challenge to the 2013 amendments to sections 766.106 and 766.1065 of the Florida Statutes. Generally, the statutes pertain to invasive presuit notice requirements that must be satisfied before a medical negligence action may be filed, as well as an informal discovery process that accompanies that presuit notice process, and the amendments at issue here authorize secret, ex…
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