HOSP. BD. OF DIRECTORS OF LEE COUNTY v. McCRAY

No. 83-2375.

456 So.2d 936 (1984)

HOSPITAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LEE COUNTY, D/B/a Lee Memorial Hospital, Appellants, v. Jackie McCRAY, Individually and As Guardian and Natural Parent of the Minor, Tory McCray, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied October 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. McCurdy, Ft. Myers, for appellants.

Robert L. Donald and William H. Shields of Pavese, Shields, Garner, Haverfield, Dalton & Harrison, Ft. Myers, for appellees.

William A. Bell, Tallahassee, amicus curiae by Florida Hosp. Ass'n, for appellants.

Robert A. Ginsburg, County Atty., Eric K. Gressman and Robert L. Blake, Asst. County Attys., Miami, amicus curiae by the Public Health Trust of Dade County and Metropolitan Dade County, for appellants.

Larry Klein, West Palm Beach, amicus curiae by Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, for appellees.


RYDER, Chief Judge.

In this appeal, we are asked to determine the constitutionality of Chapter 78-552, Laws of Florida,1 a special act statutorily creating liens upon, inter alia, claims, judgments, and settlements in favor of Lee Memorial Hospital.

Appellees, Jackie McCray and her minor son, Tory McCray, suffered personal injuries in an automobile accident for which they were...

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