HOSPITAL CORP. v. ASSOC. IN ADOL. PSYCHIATRY

No. 91-0860.

605 So.2d 556 (1992)

HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Appellant, v. ASSOCIATES IN ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY, S.C., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Kenny, Kevin J. Murray and Deborah A. Sampieri of Kenny Nachwalter Seymour Arnold & Critchlow, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

James F. Gilbride, Dyanne E. Feinberg, and Nanci Landy of Gilbride, Heller & Brown, P.A., Miami, for appellee.


WARNER, Judge.

This appeal follows a final judgment awarding appellee $3,253,180 for the breach of a fifteen year oral agreement between appellant and appellee. Because the oral agreement violates the statute of frauds, we reverse.

In late 1978 or early 1979, Dr. Marvin Schwarz, president of appellee (AAP), was contacted by appellant's predecessor, Hospital Affiliates International (HAI) to discuss an agreement for the conversion of a Fort Lauderdale hospital...

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