BRYAN v. JAMES E. HOLMES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

No. 92-2963.

33 F.3d 1318 (1994)

Floyd T. BRYAN; Floyd T. Bryan, M.D., P.A., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. JAMES E. HOLMES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, a/k/a Holmes Regional Medical Center, Inc., Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, Raymond A. Armstrong, M.D., individually and as Chairman, Department of Surgery, HRMC and as Member of the Board of Directors, HRMC; Richard N. Baney, M.D., individually and as Member of the Board of Directors, HRMC; Michael J. Foley, M.D., individually and as Medical Director, HRMC; Michael V. Gatto, individually and as Member of the Board of Directors, HRMC; James E. Gray, III, individually and as Secretary of the Board of Directors, HRMC; Joseph A. Gurri, M.D., individually and as Chief of the Medical Staff, HRMC; Martin W. Isenman, M.D., individually and as Member of the Board of Directors, HRMC; David M. Jones, Maj. Gen. (Retired), individually and as Treasurer of the Board of Directors, HRMC; Michael F. Maguire, individually and as Member of the Board of Directors, HRMC; Fred L. McFarlin, individually and as Member of the Board of Directors, HRMC; John E. Miller, Ph.D., individually and as Second Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, HRMC; Barry A. Mills, M.D., individually and as Chairman, Executive Committee, HRMC; Lyle Saltzman, M.D., individually and as Member of the Executive Committee, HRMC; Val M. Steele, individually and as Member of the Board of Directors, HRMC; Lynn Stoldt, R.N., individually and as Head Operating Room Nurse, HRMC; Russell P. Sullivan, Jr., individually and as Chairman of the Board of Directors, HRMC; John F. Turner, Jr., individually and as First Vice Chairman of Board of Directors, HRMC; Rita Wheeler, R.N., individually and as Operating Room Supervisor, HRMC, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 4, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher K. Kay, Foley & Lardner, Orlando, FL, Sylvia H. Walbolt, Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, St. Petersburg, FL, Alan C. Sundberg, Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, Tallahassee, FL, for James E. Holmes.

Jennifer S. Carroll, Metzger, Sonneborn & Rutter, PA, West Palm Beach, FL, George H. Moss, Moss, Henderson, Van Gaasbeck, Blanton & Koval, PA, Vero Beach, FL, Larry Klein, Klein & Walsh, PA, West Palm Beach, FL, for Floyd T. Bryan.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, DUBINA, Circuit Judge, and DYER, Senior Circuit Judge.


TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:

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