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BEVERLY ENTERPRISES-FLORIDA v. SPILMAN

No. 94-376.

661 So.2d 867 (1995)

BEVERLY ENTERPRISES-FLORIDA, Inc. d/b/a Eastbrooke Health Care Center, Appellant, v. Wilbur W. SPILMAN, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Walter M. Spilman, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

September 29, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail Leverett Parenti of Parenti, Falk, Waas & Frazier, Coral Gables, for appellant.

Joel S. Perwin of Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Ollin & Perwin, P.A., Miami, amicus curiae for Nursing Home Hotline.

David R. Gemmer and James L. Wilkes, II, of Wilkes and McHugh, Tampa, and Dennis J. Wall, Orlando, for appellee.

A.E. (Ned) Pooser, IV, Tallahassee, amicus curiae for Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.

PETERSON, Chief Judge.

Appellant, Beverly Enterprises-Florida, Inc. d/b/a Eastbrooke Health Care Center (Eastbrooke), appeals a final judgment awarding $719,064.02 in compensatory damages and $2,000,000 in punitive damages to appellee, Wilbur W. Spilman, as personal representative of the estate of Walter M. Spilman. Wilbur's father, Walter, died after he was admitted to a hospital for treatment of infections allegedly contracted...

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