Appeals court backs Cleveland Clinic’s motion to dismiss wrongful death suit

Appeals court backs Cleveland Clinic’s motion to dismiss wrongful death suit

Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital has prevailed in appealing a lower court ruling, effectively ending a negligence lawsuit arising from the March 2022 shooting death of a 29-year-old Sebastian man in the hospital’s emergency department. Judges with Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal agreed with the hospital that it was a medical negligence case, not simple negligence, and under Florida law, the victim’s family lacked standing to sue …