Juan CASTILLO-PLAZA, M.D., and Juan Castillo-Plaza, M.D., P.A., Petitioners,
v.
Marsha GREEN, Respondent.
Lydia D. PIERRE, by and through Her Husband and Legal Guardian, Issonel Pierre, the Pierre Children and Issonel Pierre, Individually, Petitioners,
v.
NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER, INC., James W. Porter, M.D., and Harari Porter, Blumenthal and Brown, M.D., P.A., D/B/a Emergency Medical Specialists of South Florida, Respondents.
Margarita GIRON, Petitioner,
v.
Jose J. NOY, M.D., Jose J. Noy M.D., P.A., Raul Ravelo, M.D., and Inter-American Institute of Hematology and Oncology, a Florida Corporation, Respondents.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 24, 1995.
May 24, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Stephens, Lynn, Klein & McNicholas and Philip D. Parrish, Miami, for petitioners Juan Castillo-Plaza, M.D., and Juan Castillo-Plaza, M.D., P.A.
Don Russo, Russo & Talisman and Patrice A. Talisman, Coconut Grove, for petitioner Margarita Giron.
Robert J. Dickman and Karen L. Bzdyk, Coral Gables, for petitioners Lydia D. Pierre, etc., et al.
Colson, Hicks, Eidson, Colson, Matthews & Gamba and Tomas F. Gamba, Miami, for respondent Marsha Green.
Stephens, Lynn, Klein & McNicholas and Philip D. Parrish, Miami, for respondents Raul Ravelo, M.D., and Inter-American Institute of Hematology and Oncology and for respondents North Shore Medical Center, Inc.
George, Hartz, Lundeen, Flagg & Fulmer and Esther E. Galicia, Coral Gables, for respondents James W. Porter, M.D., and Harrari, Porter, Blumenthal and Brown, M.D., P.A., d/b/a Emergency Medical Specialists of South Florida.
Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin and Joel S. Perwin and Joel D. Eaton, Miami, for amicus curiae Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.
Adorno & Zeder and Raoul G. Cantero, III, Coconut Grove, and Jay A. Ziskind, Miami, Christopher L. Nuland, Jacksonville, for amici curiae Dade County Medical Ass'n and Florida Medical Ass'n.
Hicks Anderson & Blum and Mark Hicks, Miami, for amicus curiae Physicians Protective Trust Fund.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART, NESBITT, BASKIN, JORGENSON, COPE, LEVY, GERSTEN, GODERICH and GREEN, JJ.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
ON HEARING EN BANC
SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.
These petitions for certiorari, which have been consolidated for en banc consideration, raise the common, currently contentious, issue of the effect of section 455.241(2), Florida Statutes (1989) on the right of the defense in a medical malpractice case to ex parte access to the plaintiff's non-party treating physicians. In one of the cases, Castillo-Plaza v. Green, Case no. 94-1428,
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