Moossun v. Orlando Regional Health Care

This is an appeal of a final order dismissing suit for failure to prosecute. We affirm.

The suit below arose out of the death of twenty-year old Ameena Moossun [“Amee-na”], who died from pneumonia at Sand Lake Hospital in 1994. Ameena had fallen ill while on vacation with her mother in Orlando and the record suggests that her *194condition was misdiagnosed. Suit was filed by Ameena’s father, Dr. M. Hassen Moossun [“Dr. Moossun”], acting as personal representative of Ameena’s estate.

The case languished following the filing of the amended complaint on November 3, 1997, perhaps because shortly after…