GADD v. NEWS-PRESS PUB. CO., INC

No. 81-1430.

412 So.2d 894 (1982)

John GADD, As Chief Executive Officer of Lee Memorial Hospital, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. NEWS-PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., d/b/a Fort Myers News-Press, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Pierce and James A. Franklin, Jr., of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, Fort Myers, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Steven Carta of Smith, Carta & Ringsmuth, Fort Myers, for appellee/cross-appellant.

Joel T. Strawn of MacMillan, Newett, Adams, Strawn, Stanley & Botos, Delray Beach, for amicus curiae, Florida Hospital Ass'n, Inc.


CAMPBELL, Judge.

Appellant John Gadd, as chief executive officer of Lee Memorial Hospital, appeals from a final order of the trial court which granted a writ of mandamus requiring him to permit inspection by appellee News-Press Publishing Company of personnel or "personal" files of present and past medical staff physicians of the hospital.

News-Press cross-appeals the trial court's denial of access to the minutes and other documents pertaining to activities...

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