District Court of Appeal of Florida

Judgment for defendants in a medical malpractice case is reversed and remanded for a new trial where the trial court abused its discretion in prohibiting plaintiff from commenting in closing argument that defendant did not present the testimony of a pathologist at trial.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/15/2006
• Published 11/15/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bard D. Rockenbach and Philip M. Burlington of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Robert T. Bergin, Jr. of Robert T. Bergin, Jr., P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Cayla B. Tenenbaum and Marlene S. Reiss of Stephens, Lynn, Klein, LaCava, Hoffman & Puya, P.A., Miami, for appellees.