Case Name: Carlyle S. FABAL and Nancy G. Fabal, his wife, Appellants, v. FLORIDA KEYS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company and Florida Patient's Compensation Fund, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-05-29
Citations: 452 So. 2d 946
Docket Number: No. 83-952
Parties: Carlyle S. FABAL and Nancy G. Fabal, his wife, Appellants, v. FLORIDA KEYS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company and Florida Patient’s Compensation Fund, Appellee.
Judges: Before HENDRY, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 452
Pages: 946–952

Head Matter:
Carlyle S. FABAL and Nancy G. Fabal, his wife, Appellants, v. FLORIDA KEYS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company and Florida Patient’s Compensation Fund, Appellee.
No. 83-952.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 29, 1984.
Rehearing Denied July 17, 1984.
Proenza & White and David J. White, Miami, for appellants.
Lanza, Sevier, Womack & O’Connor, Coral Gables, and Judith A. Bass, Miami, for appellee.
Before HENDRY, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellants seek reversal of summary final judgment entered by the Circuit Court for Monroe County in favor of the Florida Patient's Compensation Fund. The judgment, in pertinent part, states:
THIS CAUSE came before the Court February 18, 1983, on the Defendant, FLORIDA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND'S Motion for Summary Judgment, or in the alternative, Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, and the Court, having heard argument of counsel and being otherwise duly advised in the premises, finds as follows:
1. The initial Complaint in this cause was filed on April 3, 1980. The initial Complaint did not name as a party Defendant, the FLORIDA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND.
2. The FLORIDA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND was first made a party Defendant to this litigation with the filing of Plaintiffs' "Amended Complaint." Said Amended Complaint was not filed until January 20th, 1982.
3. This medical malpraction [sic] action was brought by the Plaintiffs, CARLYLE S. FABAL and NANCY C. FA-BAL, his wife, for injuries sustained on or about June 28, 1978, when he fell and struck his head in the FLORIDA KEYS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL following an operation on June 26, 1978.
4. Plaintiffs' cause of action, not having been commenced as against the FLORIDA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND within two (2) years from June 28, 1978, is barred by Florida Statute § 95.11(4)(b)...
It is, therefore, ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Plaintiffs, CARLYLE S.FABAL and NANCY C. FABAL, his wife, take nothing by this action against the FLORIDA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND and that the Defendant, FLORIDA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND, go hence without day, with costs to be taxed against the Plaintiffs upon Motion duly noticed by the Defendant, FLORIDA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND.
Appellants contend (1) that the trial court erred in failing to recognize that a claim against a non-tortfeasor insurance fund whose liability is solely derived from the negligent conduct of the tortfeasor is not barred by section 95.11(4)(b), Florida Statutes, and (2) the trial court erred in failing to recognize that section 95.11(4)(b) begins to run only upon discovery that the Florida Patient's Compensation Fund extended coverage to Florida Keys Memorial Hospital.
We disagree and affirm in light of the views expressed in Taddiken v. Florida Patient's Compensation Fund, 449 So.2d 956 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984); Burr v. Florida Patient's Compensation Fund, 447 So.2d 349 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984); and Owens v. Florida Patient's Compensation Fund, 428 So.2d 708 (Fla. 1st DCA), pet. for review denied, 436 So.2d 100 (Fla.1983). See § 95.11(4)(b) and 768.54(3)(e)l, Florida Statutes (1977). See also Mercy Hospital, Inc. v. Menendez, 371 So.2d 1077 (Fla. 3d DCA), cert. denied, 383 So.2d 1198 (Fla.1980).
Affirmed.