R.J. v. HUMANA OF FLORIDA, INC.

No. 82743.

652 So.2d 360 (1995)

R.J. and P.J., Petitioners, v. HUMANA OF FLORIDA, INC., etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 2, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcia K. Lippincott of Marcia K. Lippincott, P.A., and Roy B. Dalton, Jr. of Martinez & Dalton, P.A., Orlando, for petitioners.

Robert A. Hannah and Michael C. Tyson of Hannah, Marsee, Beik & Voght, P.A., Orlando, Alan C. Sundberg, Tallahassee, and A. Broaddus Livingston and Sylvia H. Walbolt of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Tampa, and Shelley H. Leinicke of Wicker, Smith, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham & Lane, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for respondents.

Carl A. Cascio and Scott Mager of the Law Offices of Scott Mager, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, amicus curiae, for Academy of Fla. Trial Lawyers.

Kimberly A. Ashby of Maguire, Boorhis & Wells, P.A., Orlando, amicus curiae, for Fla. Defense Lawyers Ass'n.


OVERTON, Justice.

This is a petition to review R.J. v. Humana, Inc., 625 So.2d 116 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993), in which the district court affirmed the trial court's holding that there was no physical impact sufficient to maintain a negligence action for an erroneous test showing that R.J. was HIV positive. In so holding, the district court certified the following question as one of great...

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