Case Name: Joseph C. ROMANS, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Nora M. Sampera Romans, Deceased, on behalf of the said Estate and the Survivors of Nora M. Sampera Romans, Deceased, to wit: Joseph C. Romans and Joseph C. Romans, Jr., Appellants, v. Keith HAYMES, William Randall Jones, III and Carroll, Halberg, Klitzner & Jones, P.A., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-07-03
Citations: 676 So. 2d 504
Docket Number: No. 95-2083
Parties: Joseph C. ROMANS, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Nora M. Sampera Romans, Deceased, on behalf of the said Estate and the Survivors of Nora M. Sampera Romans, Deceased, to wit: Joseph C. Romans and Joseph C. Romans, Jr., Appellants, v. Keith HAYMES, William Randall Jones, III and Carroll, Halberg, Klitzner & Jones, P.A., Appellees.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GODERICH and FLETCHER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 676
Pages: 504–505

Head Matter:
Joseph C. ROMANS, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Nora M. Sampera Romans, Deceased, on behalf of the said Estate and the Survivors of Nora M. Sampera Romans, Deceased, to wit: Joseph C. Romans and Joseph C. Romans, Jr., Appellants, v. Keith HAYMES, William Randall Jones, III and Carroll, Halberg, Klitzner & Jones, P.A., Appellees.
No. 95-2083.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
July 3, 1996.
Peter Ticktin, Boca Raton, for appellants.
Bush & Derr, Kenneth L. Baker and K. Stuart Goldberg, Orlando; De La Cruz & Cutler, Coral Gables, for appellees.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GODERICH and FLETCHER, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In the underlying suit for legal malpractice, we find that the trial court erred by granting the defendants' motion for summary judgment and by denying the plaintiffs' motion for rehearing where the defendants, as the movants on the motion for summary judgment, failed to meet their burden of showing the absence of any genuine issue of material fact. Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.510(c); Morgan v. Growers Mktg. Serv., Inc., 370 So.2d 74 (Fla. 2d DCA 1979). A review of the record shows that a genuine issue of material fact remained as to whether Dr. Pullias, one of the physicians that fell below the standard of care, was employed by HIP Network of Florida, Inc. thereby creating the possibility of liability under the doctrine of respondeat superior.
Accordingly, we reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.