Supreme Court of Florida

When notice is raised as part of a claim filed under the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act (NICA), an ALJ has jurisdiction to make findings regarding whether a health care provider has satisfied the "notice to obstetrical patients" requirement of Florida Statutes section 766.316.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/11/2007
• Published 01/11/2007

Judges

• BELL, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Wilbur E. Brewton, Kelly B. Plante and Tana D. Storey of Roetzel and Andress, L.P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• C. Howard Hunter and Marie A. Borland of Hill, Ward and Henderson, P.A., Tampa, FL;  Steven C. Ruth, Jennifer R. Beltz and Larry D. Beltz of Beltz, Ruth, Magazine, Newman and Kohl, P.A., St. Petersburg, FL;  Robert E. Biasotti, Sylvia H. Walbolt and Annette M. Lang of Carlton Fields, P.A., St. Petersburg, FL, David H. Gold of Goldfarb, Gold, Gonzalez and Wald, P.A., Miami, FL;  and Timothy F. Prugh and Theodore “Ted” E. Karatinos of Prugh, Holliday, Deem and Karatinos, P.L., Tampa, FL, for Respondents.