Need help with what this court case means.?

[juanito]

Cruz v. Angelides

I have no clue what this means. Can someone please explain this to me.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff Gerardo Cruz from an adverse final judgment on the pleadings in an action heretofore unrecognized under Florida law. The plaintiff Cruz sued his treating physician, the defendant Alexander Angelides, M.D., for breach of a fiduciary duty based solely on the fact that Dr. Angelides gave a sworn pretrial affidavit and a video deposition at trial in which he expressed expert medical opinion favorable to the defendant in a prior medical malpractice action brought by the plaintiff against another medical doctor, which action resulted in a defense verdict. The plaintiff seeks as damages the damages which he failed to obtain in the first malpractice action. We affirm.

Also: What is your opinion on the outcome of the case? (the verdict and the fact that the courts rejected the plaintiff's appeal)

[curney13]

It sounds like the rule from the case is that a doctor does not owe a fiduciary duty to his patients. But of course I'd need to read the entire case before I could be entirely accurate.