Garofalo v. Community Hospital of South Broward

BERANEK, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiffs from an adverse summary judgment based on the two-year statute of limitations governing medical malpractice by a health care provider. The accident occurred on February 26,1972, when plaintiff was a patient in the defendant/hospital. Plaintiff alleged she fell and was injured in her room due to the hospital’s negligence in failing to answer her call for assistance through a nurse paging device. The plaintiff was immediately aware of her injury and her cause of action on the date of the occurrence.

Suit was filed on February 24, 1976, just short of…