Bailey v. Florida Department of Corrections

We grant this petition for writ of certio-rari and quash an order that dismissed Bailey’s medical malpractice action for his *650failure to comply with pre-suit notice requirements.

Bailey is a prison inmate. He received medical treatment in 2002, which he claims was haphazard and discontinued prematurely. In March 2003, Bailey submitted an inmate request form for medical records he needed to comply with the pre-suit requirements of chapter 766, Florida Statutes. He attached a signed consent and release form to his record request and noted that he had made a similar request months earlier, but had…