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Nos. 58.897 s 58,898
ANTONIO V. HERNANDBZ, Petitioner,
vs.
ELIZABETH GARWOOD, etc., et al., Respondents.
FORT PIERCE MBMORIAL HOSPITAL,
Petitioner,
v.
ELZZASETH GARi100D, etc., et al.,
Respondents.
[November 13, 1980]
ENGLAND. J.
Uia era here asked to revises an extraordinary trial court
order which found (1) that Florida's wrongful death statutel
violates the equal protection clause of the United States
Constitution2 and the access to court provision of the Florida
Constitutioa,3 (2) that Florida's medical oediatioa statute; is
unconstitutional as applied to panel decisions entered before the
statute was bald unconstitutional, and (3) that the legislature's
two year statutes of limitations for medical malpractices and
wrongful death6 ors 'unconstitutionally too short.' This order
denied motions to dismiss a medical malpractice laorsuit brought
against two doctors and a hospital by Elizabeth Garwood as a
result of the death of her stillborn child.?
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