ORLANDO REG. MED. CTR., INC. v. ESTATE OF HERON

No. 91-848.

596 So.2d 1078 (1992)

ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC., Appellant, v. ESTATE OF Edward M. Heron, IV, Deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied April 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Scott Bates and Michael A. Paasch of Mateer, Harbert & Bates, P.A., Orlando, for appellant.

Rod Helmers of Echevarria & Helmers, Tampa, and Terry S. Nelson of Goldberg, Goldstein & Buckley, P.A., Ft. Myers, for appellee.


DAUKSCH, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying a hospital lien against proceeds of a settlement of a wrongful death action. We affirm.

Appellant, the hospital ("ORMC"), claims it is entitled to be paid by appellees, the parents of the deceased, for treatment given to their child in his last days. ORMC asserts it is entitled to a portion of the money to be paid for settlement of the parents' wrongful death action against the tort-feasor.

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