I am in the process of suing my doctor pro se for medical malpractice.
 My cause of action is public disclosure of private facts (the
monetary damages are not enough to entice an attorney to jump through
the med mal hoops).  Does anyone know the procedure for filing such a
claim under seal in the circuit civil district in and for Miami-Dade
County, Florida?  Please include the procedure as well as citation of
pertinent statute, rules of civil procedure, and case law on the
topic.

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Clarification of Question by tupingram-ga on 31 Mar 2006 10:17 PST

I'm not looking for a lot of research or anything--just a quick how-to.

What's your claim amount?

Also, what exactly do you mean by "under Seal" ... the Florida rules
of Civil procedure requires summons to be under the Seal of the Court,
but I get the feeling that you may want the record to be sealed, which
would be at the discretion of the judge and parties.

Also, just to let you know, there are statutory presuit notification
requirements for Med-mal cases in Floridca

Hi, thanks for the feedback--I hadnt checked it in a while

I am suing for $5 million in compensatory and $20 million in punitive damages