Supreme Court of Florida

In an action for malpractice, the impact rule does not preclude recovery of noneconomic damages when the uncontroverted negligent failure to deliver a document, that would have produced the immediate release of a pretrial detainee, resulted in a protracted period of wrongful pretrial imprisonment with resultant emotional distress or psychological harm, but no physical impact.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/27/2003
• Published 06/27/2003

Judges

• LEWIS, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Theodore“ Ted” E. Karatinos of Seeley & Karatinos, P.A., St. Petersburg, Florida;  and James W. Holliday of Prugh, Holliday & Deem, P.L., Tampa, FL, for Petitioner., Joseph W. Little, Gainesville, Florida;  Robert C. Widman, Venice, Florida;  and Robert V. Potter, Jr., Clearwater, FL, for Ernest Morgan and Beverly Keehnle, Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Todd W. Vraspir of Papy, Weissenborn, Poole & Vraspir, P.A., Spring Hill, FL, for Respondent.