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Carpenter v. Alonso

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Nov 1, 1991
587 So. 2d 572 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

Summary

treating physician is not subject to trial court's limitation of one expert witness per side in medical malpractice suit

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Opinion

No. 90-1105.

October 8, 1991. Rehearing Denied November 1, 1991.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Maria Korvick, J.

Perse Ginsberg and Edward Perse, Hoppe, Backmeyer Stokes, Miami, for appellants.

Stephens, Lynn, Lein McNicholas, and Philip D. Parrish, Miami, for appellees.

Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and COPE, JJ.


We find no error in the trial court limiting expert witnesses in a medical malpractice case to one expert per side. Smith v. Coastal Emergency Services, Inc., 538 So.2d 946 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989); Crawford v. Shivashankar, 474 So.2d 873 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). Further, permitting the defendant doctor to testify as to his care of the plaintiff would not be a violation of this expert witness' limitation.

Final judgment under review is affirmed.


Summaries of

Carpenter v. Alonso

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Nov 1, 1991
587 So. 2d 572 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

treating physician is not subject to trial court's limitation of one expert witness per side in medical malpractice suit

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treating physician not subject to trial court's limitation of one expert witness per side in medical malpractice suit

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In Carpenter, the third district held that a trial court could properly limit expert witnesses in medical malpractice cases to one expert per side.

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Case details for

Carpenter v. Alonso

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAM CARPENTER AND JEAN CARPENTER, APPELLANTS, v. MANUEL ALONSO, M.D.…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Nov 1, 1991

Citations

587 So. 2d 572 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

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