Case Name: Frederick GREEN, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Mary Sykes, Yolanda Denson, Jessica Sykes and Kendra Green, her minor children, and Frederick Noel Green, her husband, Appellants, v. Richard I. GOLDBERG, M.D., individually, and Richard I. Goldberg, M.D., P.A., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-12-28
Citations: 557 So. 2d 589
Docket Number: Nos. 88-0185, 88-1274
Parties: Frederick GREEN, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Mary Sykes, Yolanda Denson, Jessica Sykes and Kendra Green, her minor children, and Frederick Noel Green, her husband, Appellants, v. Richard I. GOLDBERG, M.D., individually, and Richard I. Goldberg, M.D., P.A., Appellees.
Judges: GLICKSTEIN and WALDEN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 557
Pages: 589–590

Head Matter:
Frederick GREEN, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Mary Sykes, Yolanda Denson, Jessica Sykes and Kendra Green, her minor children, and Frederick Noel Green, her husband, Appellants, v. Richard I. GOLDBERG, M.D., individually, and Richard I. Goldberg, M.D., P.A., Appellees.
Nos. 88-0185, 88-1274.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Dec. 28, 1989.
Rehearing and Certification Denied March 22, 1990.
Roy W. Jordan, Jr., of Jordan & Stinson, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellants.
Philip D. Parrish and Robert M. Klein of Stephens, Lynn, Klein & McNicholas, P.A., Miami, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the trial court's directed verdict for the defendant in this wrongful death case. A review of the record reveals that the testimony in this case met the requirements of Gooding v. University Hospital Building, Inc., 445 So.2d 1015 (Fla.1984). We believe the directed verdict had a spillover effect which could have contributed to the verdict for the defendant in the survival action. Accordingly, on remand, the plaintiff is entitled to a new trial on both claims.
We find no error in appellants' other contentions.
GLICKSTEIN and WALDEN, JJ., concur.
GUNTHER, J., dissents with opinion.