Knauf v. McBride

This is an appeal from a non-final order of the trial court which denied a motion to dismiss. We dismiss the appeal.

The appellee, Shirley McBride, sued appellant, Daniel Knauf, and others for medical malpractice. The complaint alleges, in essence, that through a series of medical and clerical mistakes, open heart surgery was performed upon the wrong patient, appellee McBride. The complaint alleges that the surgery took place at Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc. The complaint further alleges that appellant, while acting as an agent or employee of Shands, performed the aortic valve…