Legal Opinion
DeRosa v. Shands Teaching Hospital & Clinics, Inc.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 10, 1989No. 88-1765PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WENTWORTH, Judge.
Appellants seek review of an order awarding attorney’s fees to appellees for their successful defense of appellants’ medical malpractice action. We find that the fees were properly awarded under section 768.56, Florida Statutes (1983), and we affirm the order appealed.
Appellants filed a medical malpractice action against appellees and several individual physicians. A summary judgment was entered for two of the doctors, but was overturned by this court in DeRosa v. Shands Teaching Hospital & Clinic, Inc., 468 So.2d 415 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985), in order to permit additional…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Finkelstein v. North Broward Hosp. Dist.Supreme Court of Florida · 1986
- Shands Teaching Hosp. & Clinics v. LeeDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
- DeRosa v. Shands Teaching Hosp. & Clinics, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
- Tappan v. Florida Medical Center, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
- DeRosa v. Shands Teaching Hosp. and ClinicDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
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