Case Name: Helene HAFTEL and Louis Haftel, her husband, Appellants, v. FLORIDA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1985-03-05
Citations: 464 So. 2d 249
Docket Number: No. 84-1209
Parties: Helene HAFTEL and Louis Haftel, her husband, Appellants, v. FLORIDA PATIENT’S COMPENSATION FUND, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 464
Pages: 249–249

Head Matter:
Helene HAFTEL and Louis Haftel, her husband, Appellants, v. FLORIDA PATIENT’S COMPENSATION FUND, Appellee.
No. 84-1209.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 5, 1985.
William deForest Thompson, Fort Laud-erdale, Edna L. Caruso, West Palm Beach, for appellants.
Thomas R. Post, Evan J. Langbein, Miami, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The summary judgment for the Florida Patient's Compensation Fund, entered because the Fund was joined as a defendant more than two years after the incident in question, is affirmed on the authority of Robison v. Florida Patient's Compensation Fund, 458 So.2d 1225 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984); Fabal v. Florida Keys Memorial Hospital, 452 So.2d 946 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984); Lugo v. Florida Patient's Compensation Fund, 452 So.2d 633 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984); and Taddiken v. Florida Patient's Compensation Fund, 449 So.2d 956 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984). We again certify that this decision involves a question of great public importance and is in direct conflict with Florida Patient's Compensation Fund v. Tillman, 453 So.2d 1376 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984).
Affirmed.
. "Whether a claim against the Florida Patient's Compensation Fund arises at the time of the alleged medical malpractice, rather than when judgment is entered against the tortfeasor, and is governed by the two year statute of limitations provided by Section 95.-11(4)(b), Florida Statutes (1977), so that the Fund must be made or joined as a party defendant within two years after the malpractice action accrues?"