Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc. v. Watkins

PETERSON, Chief Judge.

Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc., d/b/a Florida Hospital, appeals a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict rendered in a medical malpractice action. John D. Watkins initiated the action alleging that he incurred injuries when he was dropped by hospital personnel attempting to move him from his bed to a gurney. The drop was not noted on Watkins’ patient chart.

Florida Hospital complains that the trial court erred by admitting into evidence *1052an affidavit prepared by its expert -witness, Dr. Spiegel, in an unrelated matter. The affidavit had been prepared for use in…