Case Name: Howard S. BERMAN, D.D.S., Petitioner, v. Joan DUANE and Thomas E. Duane, her husband, Respondents
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1976-10-28
Citations: 341 So. 2d 996
Docket Number: No. 48784
Parties: Howard S. BERMAN, D.D.S., Petitioner, v. Joan DUANE and Thomas E. Duane, her husband, Respondents.
Judges: OVERTON, C. J., and ROBERTS, ADKINS, ENGLAND, SUNDBERG and HATCHETT, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 341
Pages: 996–997

Head Matter:
Howard S. BERMAN, D.D.S., Petitioner, v. Joan DUANE and Thomas E. Duane, her husband, Respondents.
No. 48784.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Oct. 28, 1976.
Rehearing Denied Feb. 21, 1977.
G. William Allen, Jr., of Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder, Carson & Wahl, Miami, for petitioner.
Edward A. Perse of Horton, Perse & Ginsberg, and Stanley Rosenblatt, Miami, for respondents.

Opinion:
BY THE COURT.
The order of the circuit court holding the Florida Medical Malpractice Act unconstitutional is reversed on the authority of Carter v. Sparkman, 335 So.2d 802, revised opinion filed in this Court on August 3, 1976. This case is remanded for further proceedings consistent with the decision in Carter v. Sparkman.
It is so ordered.
OVERTON, C. J., and ROBERTS, ADKINS, ENGLAND, SUNDBERG and HATCHETT, JJ., concur.