Case Name: Gwendolyn Golden YOUNG, as Personal Representative of Willisha Golden Young, Deceased, Appellant, v. ST. VINCENT'S MEDICAL CENTER, INC., d/b/a St. Vincent's Medical Center and/or d/b/a Family Medical Center, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-04-24
Citations: 653 So. 2d 499
Docket Number: No. 93-2005
Parties: Gwendolyn Golden YOUNG, as Personal Representative of Willisha Golden Young, Deceased, Appellant, v. ST. VINCENT’S MEDICAL CENTER, INC., d/b/a St. Vincent’s Medical Center and/or d/b/a Family Medical Center, Appellee.
Judges: WOLF, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 653
Pages: 499–507

Head Matter:
Gwendolyn Golden YOUNG, as Personal Representative of Willisha Golden Young, Deceased, Appellant, v. ST. VINCENT’S MEDICAL CENTER, INC., d/b/a St. Vincent’s Medical Center and/or d/b/a Family Medical Center, Appellee.
No. 93-2005.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 24, 1995.
James T. Terrell, Annette J. Ritter and Michael S. Sharrit of Brown, Terrell, Hogan, Ellis, McClamma & Yegelwel, P.A., for appellant.
William E. Kuntz and Earl E. Googe, Jr. of Smith Hulsey & Busey, Jacksonville, for appellee.
Richard A. Barnett of Richard A. Barnett, P.A., representing Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Hollywood, amicus curiae.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. Hernandez v. Garwood, 390 So.2d 357 (Fla.1980); Duncan v. Flynn, 358 So.2d 178 (Fla.1978); Stern v. Miller, 348 So.2d 303 (Fla.1977); Henderson v. North, 545 So.2d 486 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989); Abdelaziz v. A.M.I.S.U.B. of Florida, Inc., 515 So.2d 269 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987), review denied, 525 So.2d 876 (Fla.1988); and Davis v. Simpson, 313 So.2d 796 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975).
While we feel that the question of whether a fetus is a person within the meaning of section 768.19, Florida Statutes (1993), has been extensively addressed in the previously cited cases, in deference to the views expressed by Judge Mickle and his special concurrence, we again certify this question to be one of great public importance.
WOLF, J., concurs.
MICKLE, J., specially concurs with opinion.
WEBSTER, J., concurs in part and dissents in part with opinion.