GALENCARE v. BLANTON

No. 93-02409.

636 So.2d 547 (1994)

GALENCARE, INC., f/k/a Humhosco, Inc., d/b/a Brandon Hospital, Appellant, v. James E. BLANTON, and Sharonlee Pimental, for themselves and all others similarly situated, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 29, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Waller, Jr., Charles Wachter and Elizabeth A. Boland, Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal and Banker, P.A., Tampa, for appellant.

Herbert T. Schwartz, Cabaniss, Burke & Wagner, P.A., Orlando, Richard G. Collins, Delray Beach, and Stephen A. Scott, Gainesville, for appellees.


FRANK, Chief Judge.

Galencare contends that the individual plaintiffs, Blanton, Pimental, and the persons represented by them in the action initiated pursuant to rule 1.220 of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, are not permitted to conjoin their claims in order to cross the circuit court's dollar threshold jurisdiction. We reject the argument, affirm the trial court, and align ourselves with the Fifth District Court of Appeal. In Galen of Florida, Inc. v. Arscott...

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