Opinion ID: 1949769
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Heading: st mary's

Text: St. Mary's first argument is that the district court erred in holding the limitation of liability provisions of section 768.54, Florida Statutes, unconstitutional. We agree and quash that portion of the district court's decision. We upheld the constitutionality of the statute in Von Stetina. We approve, however, the district court's resolution of the issue of St. Mary's liability. Evidence established that the hospital deviated from its regular standard of care by not checking the components before surgery. The medical testimony was to the effect that there would have been an added measure of stability to the knee if the components had been matched. It was properly a jury question as to whether the hospital was negligent, whether its negligence more likely than not contributed to the injury sustained, and to what extent it did so.