UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI v. RUIZ

No. 3D14-2122.

University of Miami d/b/a University of Miami School of Medicine, Petitioner, v. Michael A. Ruiz, by and through his Parents and Legal Guardians, and Juanita Ruiz and Miguel Angel Ruiz, individually, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed February 11, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fowler White Burnett P.A., and Marc J. Schleier and Christopher E. Knight, for petitioner.

Lincoln J. Connolly , for respondents.

Before SUAREZ, ROTHENBERG, and LOGUE, JJ.


ROTHENBERG, J.

The University of Miami, doing business as The University of Miami School of Medicine ("UM"), petitions this Court for certiorari relief from the trial court's order denying its motion for summary judgment on the plaintiff-petitioners' claims for medical malpractice based on UM's contention that it is entitled to immunity from suit under Florida's Birth-Related Neurological Injury Act, § 766.301, Fla. Stat., et seq. (1998) (hereinafter, "NICA"...

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