Tanner v. Hartog, M.D

Full title: PHYLLIS KAY TANNER, INDIVIDUALLY, AND JAMES R. TANNER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Oct 6, 1993

630 So. 2d 1136 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

Opinion

No. 91-00057.

October 6, 1993.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Polk County; E. Randolph Bentley, Judge.

Kennan George Dandar of Dandar Dandar, P.A., Tampa, for appellants.

Philip D. Parrish and Robert M. Klein, Stephens, Lynn, Klein McNicholas, P.A., Miami, for appellees Ellie M. Hartog, M.D., and Hartog DuBoy, P.A.

Marilyn Drivas and Jerry L. Newman, Shear, Newman, Hahn Rosenkranz, P.A., Tampa, for appellees Alberto DuBoy, M.D., and Hartog and DuBoy, P.A.

Robert L. Trohn and Charles T. Canady, Lane, Trohn, Clarke, Bertrand Williams, P.A., Lakeland, for appellee Lakeland Regional Medical Center.

PATTERSON, Judge.

On remand from Tanner v. Hartog, 618 So.2d 177 (Fla. 1993), we reverse the trial court's order dismissing the appellants' complaint on statute of limitations grounds.

We also reverse the portion of the trial court's order which dismisses the complaint for failure to state a cause of action for personal injury to the mother. See Singleton v. Ranz, 534 So.2d 847 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988), review denied, 542 So.2d 1334 (Fla. 1989). However, we affirm that portion of the trial court's order finding that the complaint fails to state a cause of action for the wrongful death of the fetus. See Stern v. Miller, 348 So.2d 303 (Fla. 1977).

Affirmed in part, and reversed in part.

RYDER, A.C.J., and ALTENBERND, J., concur.