Case Name: Catherine HOWARD, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Carolyn Howard, deceased, and Derick Dewayne Howard, a minor, Alden Mitchel Howard, a minor, children of Carolyn Howard; and Mitchell Green, Father and next friend of Derick Dewayne Howard and Alden Mitchell Howard, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATION SERVICES, INC., d/b/a Dade County Department of Public Health, 79th Street Unit, Juanita Mann Center, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-03-14
Citations: 541 So. 2d 117
Docket Number: No. 88-171
Parties: Catherine HOWARD, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Carolyn Howard, deceased, and Derick Dewayne Howard, a minor, Alden Mitchel Howard, a minor, children of Carolyn Howard; and Mitchell Green, Father and next friend of Derick Dewayne Howard and Alden Mitchell Howard, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATION SERVICES, INC., d/b/a Dade County Department of Public Health, 79th Street Unit, Juanita Mann Center, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 541
Pages: 117–117

Head Matter:
Catherine HOWARD, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Carolyn Howard, deceased, and Derick Dewayne Howard, a minor, Alden Mitchel Howard, a minor, children of Carolyn Howard; and Mitchell Green, Father and next friend of Derick Dewayne Howard and Alden Mitchell Howard, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATION SERVICES, INC., d/b/a Dade County Department of Public Health, 79th Street Unit, Juanita Mann Center, Appellee.
No. 88-171.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 14, 1989.
Rehearing Denied May 1, 1989.
Horton, Perse & Ginsberg and Arnold R. Ginsberg, William Huggett, Miami, for appellants.
Colodny, Fass & Talenfeld and James M. Fishman, North Miami, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
At least one medical expert rendered a strong opinion, in the record, that the negligence of the health-care facility was a substantial factor contributing to the victim's demise. It cannot be said, consequently, for the purpose of a summary judgment, that the defendant has demonstrated conclusively the nonexistence of a material dispute on the issue of proximate causation. Glotzer v. Moselle, 515 So.2d 375 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987); Sprague v. Coral Cadillac, Inc., 515 So.2d 376 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987); Fleischman v. Perez, 491 So.2d 1191 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986). A trial court may not weigh contradictory depositions or affidavits on matters of fact in entering a summary judgment.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.