Legal Opinion
Olesky v. Stapleton
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 26, 2013No. Nos. 2D11-5147, 2D12-4168PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRENSHAW, Judge.
Days after undergoing heart valve surgery, sixty-one-year-old Ann Olesky died at Naples Community Hospital. Her husband, Edward Olesky, as personal representative of Mrs. Olesky’s estate (the Estate), brought a wrongful death action against defendants Dennis J. Stapleton, M.D., Gulf Coast Cardiothoracic Surgeons, and Joseph R. Deify, P.A. based on medical malpractice.1 The first trial concluded by mistrial because of a hung jury. Then after a three-week retrial, the jury returned a verdict finding the defendants not liable. In these consolidated appeals, the Estate now appeals…
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- Lake v. ClarkDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
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