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IN THE CIRCL'IT COURT OF THE t9TH
JllDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA
ST. LUCIE COLTNTY CNIL ACTION
CASE NU~tBER: 80 146
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Plaintiff, •
vs.
LAW~IWOOD MEDICAL CENTER, INC., ,
HOSPITAL CORYORATION OF A,"1ERICA;
DR. K}IALIL A. I. CASSIMALLY, .
and the FLORIDA PATIENTS
COMPENSATION FUhD, ~
Defendants.
ORDER
THESE CAliSES came on to be heard at the Pretrial Conference in front
of the Court on March 11, 1981, and the Court having heard argument of counsel
and being otherwise advised in the premises, it is hereby
ORDERED A~1D ADJUDGED:
1. That the Defendant's 1lotion to Strike paragraph 24 of the Amended
[:mm~laint ic vranrPd. The followin~ portion of the Ar.iended Complaint is striken:
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"The Defendant,Dr. Cassimally, further negligently and carelessly failed to advise
Sarah Alcock, the Plaintiff's mother, of the dangers involved in the Plaintiff
returning to his home environment with the symptoms which he was suffering from
at the Emergency Room on January 12, 1979. The Plaintiff's mother spe~ifically
asked the Defendant, Dr. Cassimally, =::hether the Plaintiff should be placed in the
hospital, but was told by said defendant, that it would he 'all right for him to
go home "' .
2. The Defendant's :~totion to Compel Answers to Interrogatories and
Response to Request for Production, propounded on Januar}~ 8, 1981, is granted.
The Plaintiff shall provide tnat information to tne Defend~~nts no later than
April 1, 1981. In the event that the Plaintiff fails to provide Answers to Interroga-
tories and Resp~nse to Request for Production by April 1, 1981, the Court shall
levy the appropriate sanctions.
3. The Defendant's `fotion in I.imine,concerning any reference to insurance
at trial,is granted, and there shall he no reference to any insurance concernin~
I)r. Cassimally at trial.
DO~iE AND ORDF,RED in Chambers, Fort P;erce, St. Lucie County, Florida
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