COHEN v. BURGER

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Case No. 4D00-1107

Attorney(S)

Dorothy Cohen and Alex Cohen, West Palm Beach, pro se. Shelley H. Leinicke of Wicker, Smith, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham Ford, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee-JFK Medical Center, Inc. William T. Viergever of Sonneborn Rutter Cooney Klingensmith Eyler P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellees-Lewis J. Burger, M.D. and Burger Goldstein, M.D.s, P.A. Jeffrey C. Fulford of Bobo Spicer Ciotoli Fulford Bocchino DeBevoise Romaguera, P.A., North Palm Beach, for Appellees-Allan Wald, M.D. and Allan Wald, M.D., P.A.

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PER CURIAM.

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DOROTHY COHEN and ALEX COHEN, Appellants, v. LEWIS J. BURGER, M.D.; BURGER GOLDSTEIN, M.D.s, P.A.; COLUMBIA/JFK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC., d/b/a JFK MEDICAL CENTER, a Florida Corporation; ALLAN WALD, M.D.; and ALLAN WALD, M.D., P.A., Appellees.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See § 766.102, Fla. Stat. (1997) (requiring that evidence of prevailing professional standard of care for a given health care provider be that of a "similar health care provider" as defined in the statute); see also Sims v. Helms, 345 So.2d 721 (Fla. 1977); Borne v. Lawnwood Regional Med. Ctr., 25 Fla. L. Weekly D1954 (Fla. 4th DCA Aug 16, 2000); Robbins v. Newhall, 692 So.2d 947 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997) (expert medical evidence is required to support a claim for medical malpractice).

WARNER, C.J., TAYLOR and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.

DOROTHY COHEN and ALEX COHEN, Appellants, v. LEWIS J. BURGER, M.D.; BURGER GOLDSTEIN, M.D.s, P.A.; COLUMBIA/JFK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC., d/b/a JFK MEDICAL CENTER, a Florida Corporation; ALLAN WALD, M.D.; and ALLAN WALD, M.D., P.A., Appellees.

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