District Court of Appeal of Florida

Summary judgment for defendant-psychiatrist in a medical malpractice suit arising out of plaintiff-patient's failed suicide attempt is reversed where: 1) the trial court erred in finding that defendant owed no duty to plaintiff; and 2) defendant failed to demonstrate the absence of a genuine issue as to both "the standard of care required and observed," and to establish that plaintiff could not show causation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/24/2006
• Published 03/24/2006

Judges

• KELLY, Judge.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Philip M. Burlington, P.A., West Palm Beach, and David G. Eaton of Eaton & Powell, Tampa, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bradley S. Bell, Richard B. Mangan, Jr., and R. Clifton Acord, II, of Rissman, Weisberg, Barrett, Hurt, Donahue & McLain, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee.