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DENO v. LIFEMARK HOSPITAL OF FLORIDA, INC.

No. 3D09-984.

Spencer Deno and Elizabeth D. Deno, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of William S. Deno, deceased, Appellants, v. Lifemark Hospital of Florida, Inc., d/b/a Palmetto General Hospital, Abdul-Rahman Jaraki, M.D., and Jaraki Medical Care, P.A.,, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed October 13, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel S. Perwin; Grossman Roth, and Neal A. Roth and Claudia B. Greenberg, for appellants.

Dresnick & Rodriguez, and Pamela I. Perry; Falk, Waas, Hernandez, Cortina, Solomon & Bonner, and Norman M. Waas; Wicker, Smith, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy and William F. Fink, for appellees.

Before COPE, WELLS and SALTER, JJ.

COPE, J.

This is an appeal of an arbitration award in a medical negligence case. The question is how to interpret section 766.207, Florida Statutes (2008), which provides for voluntary binding arbitration of medical negligence claims. We conclude that the arbitration panel correctly interpreted the statute.

Spencer Deno and Elizabeth D. Deno, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of William S. Deno ("the Estate"), filed a notice of intent which alleged...

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