Case Name: Jeanne ENGLANDER and Paul Englander, her husband, Appellants, v. ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL, INC., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-03-25
Citations: 506 So. 2d 422
Docket Number: No. 85-2773
Parties: Jeanne ENGLANDER and Paul Englander, her husband, Appellants, v. ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL, INC., Appellee.
Judges: Before HUBBART, BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 506
Pages: 422–423

Head Matter:
Jeanne ENGLANDER and Paul Englander, her husband, Appellants, v. ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL, INC., Appellee.
No. 85-2773.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 25, 1986.
Joel H. Brown, Miami, for appellants.
Talburt, Kubicki, Bradley & Draper and Betsy E. Gallagher, Miami, for appellee.
Before HUBBART, BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The order denying the plaintiffs' motion to strike the defendant's claim for attorney's fees under Section 768.56, Florida Statutes (1983), is reversed upon a holding that such a claim cannot lie where, as here, (a) the plaintiff takes a voluntary dismissal without prejudice of his medical malpractice action against a particular defendant or defendants, and (b) there is nothing in the record to indicate that the voluntary dismissal was taken for other than strategic reasons. Simmons v. Schimmel, 476 So.2d 1342 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985). The cause is remanded to the trial court with directions to strike the motion for attorney's fees filed herein.
Reversed and remanded.
HUBBART and BASKIN, JJ., concur.