Opinion
Case No. 4D00-1107
Opinion filed October 11, 2000 July Term 2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Stephen A. Rapp, Judge; L.T. Case No. CL 97-4573 AN.
Dorothy Cohen and Alex Cohen, West Palm Beach, pro se.
Shelley H. Leinicke of Wicker, Smith, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham Ford, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee-JFK Medical Center, Inc.
William T. Viergever of Sonneborn Rutter Cooney Klingensmith Eyler P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellees-Lewis J. Burger, M.D. and Burger Goldstein, M.D.s, P.A.
Jeffrey C. Fulford of Bobo Spicer Ciotoli Fulford Bocchino DeBevoise Romaguera, P.A., North Palm Beach, for Appellees-Allan Wald, M.D. and Allan Wald, M.D., P.A.
Affirmed. See § 766.102, Fla. Stat. (1997) (requiring that evidence of prevailing professional standard of care for a given health care provider be that of a "similar health care provider" as defined in the statute); see also Sims v. Helms, 345 So.2d 721 (Fla. 1977); Borne v. Lawnwood Regional Med. Ctr., 25 Fla. L. Weekly D1954 (Fla. 4th DCA Aug 16, 2000); Robbins v. Newhall, 692 So.2d 947 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997) (expert medical evidence is required to support a claim for medical malpractice).
WARNER, C.J., TAYLOR and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.