Port Charlotte HMA, LLC v. Suarez

MORRIS, Judge.

Port Charlotte HMA, LLC, doing business as Peace River Regional Medical Center (“Peace River”), appeals a final judgment entered in favor of Iala Suarez, individually and as the parent of K.D.P., in a medical malpractice action. Peace River raises nine issues on appeal, and Suarez raises two issues on cross-appeal. We find no merit in the majority of the issues raised, but we reverse the final judgment based on the trial court’s posttrial granting of a setoff on economic damages. Further, we write to express our agreement with the Fourth District’s conclusion that the statutory…