Miami Health-Care Provider Faces Suit Over Table Collapse

An eye surgery patient can proceed with a lawsuit alleging he was injured when a surgical table collapsed underneath him despite his noncompliance with Florida’s medical malpractice procedural requirements, a state appeals court said Wednesday.

Charles Bloomer’s complaint against the University of Miami’s Bascom Palmer Eye Institute alleged ordinary negligence, not medical malpractice, the Florida Court of Appeals, Third District, said. His failure to follow Florida’s medical malpractice presuit filing requirements tehrefore didn’t require the suit’s dismissal, the court said.

Bloomer was undergoing sedation in preparation for eye surgery when the table beneath him collapsed. He sued for damages, alleging ...