Supreme Court rules against doctor in Sarasota patient suicide
Nearly eight years after a Sarasota County woman committed suicide, the Florida Supreme Court said Thursday her husband can pursue a lawsuit against a physician about care provided before her death.
Justices unanimously ruled that the case should go to trial, upholding a 2014 decision by the Second District Court of Appeal.
The ruling was a victory for the husband of Jacqueline Granicz, a 55-year-old woman who had a history of depression and hanged herself in a garage in October 2008. The husband,...