Legal Opinion
Haslett v. Broward Health Imperial Point Medical Center
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 20, 2016No. 4D14-3441PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, J.
The estate of a former patient sued a mental facility and its attending psychiatrist for wrongful death of the patient. Although the third amended complaint alleged ordinary negligence, the trial court dismissed it because the complaint was for medical negligence, and the presuit requirements of Chapter 766, Florida Statutes, had not been met. We affirm, concluding that the complaint was essentially for medical negligence.
According to the factual allegations in the third amended complaint, Michael Taime, who had previously been diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic, was “Baker Acted” by the…
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