MICHELLE MASKOLUNAS, AS SPOUSE, SURVIVOR AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL MASKOLUNAS
v.
LAKELAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC., D/B/A LAKELAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, JOHN P. ZETTY, D.O. AND BRUCE MEYERS, M.D.
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Summary judgment for the medical defendants was properly granted because the plaintiff failed to demonstrate reversible error regarding the retroactive application of the statute of limitations.
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SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Case No. 6D2024-1292 Lower Tribunal No. 2023-CA-000664 _____________________________
MICHELLE MASKOLUNAS, as Spouse, Survivor, and Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF MICHAEL MASKOLUNAS, Appellant, v. LAKELAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC., d/b/a LAKELAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, JOHN P. ZETTY, D.O., and BRUCE MEYERS, M.D., Appellees. _____________________________
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Polk County. Brandon J. Rafool, Judge.
September 5, 2025
NARDELLA, J.
Michelle Maskolunas, as spouse, survivor, and personal representative of the estate of Michael Maskolunas, appeals the trial court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Inc., d/b/a Lakeland Regional Medical Center, John P. Zetty, D.O., and Bruce Meyers, M.D. (collectively
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“Appellees”). After duly considering the briefs1 and authorities cited therein, we conclude that reversible error has not been demonstrated and affirm. See Bauld v. J.A. Jones Constr. Co., 357 So. 2d 401, 403 (Fla. 1978) (The statute of limitations period is subject to modification and the new period is applicable to existing rights “provided a reasonable time is given after the passage of the act, and before it would operate as a bar, for the party to exercise the right.” (quoting Hart v. Bostwick, 14 Fla. 162, 181 (1872))); Hughes v. Universal Prop. & Cas. Ins., Co., 374 So. 3d 900, 905 (Fla. 6th DCA 2023) (to demonstrate improper retroactive application a party must show that there is no clear legislative intent for retroactive application of the statute or if there is clear legislative intent that retroactive application would violate constitutional principles), review granted, No. SC2024-0025, 2024 WL 1714497 (Fla. Apr. 22, 2024).
AFFIRMED.
WOZNIAK and MIZE, JJ., concur.
Jean M. Henne, of Jean M. Henne, P.A., Winter Haven, for Appellant.
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Marie A. Borland, Ethen R. Shapiro, and Rachel E. Eilers, of Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee, Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Inc., d/b/a Lakeland Regional Medical Center.
Edward M. Copeland, IV, Lakeland, for Appellees, John P. Zetty, D.O. and Bruce Meyers, M.D.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING
AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED
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