ST. MARY'S HOSP., INC. v. PHILLIPE

Nos. 96-2321, 96-2971 and 96-3320.

699 So.2d 1017 (1997)

ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL, INC., and Women's Health Services, Inc., Appellants, v. Charles PHILLIPE, as Personal Representative of Juslin Phillipe, deceased, and all survivors of Juslin Phillipe, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied October 22, 1997.

Order Denying Rehearing and Certification Question October 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Lowe of Winitz, Minkin & Lowe, Miami, for appellants.

Jane Kreusler-Walsh of Jane Kreusler-Walsh, P.A., and Theodore Babbitt and Joseph R. Johnson of Babbitt and Johnson, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Kristy C. Brown of Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath, Wack & Dickson, P.A., Orlando, for amicus curiae Florida Defense Lawyers Association.

Neil H. Butler of Butler & Long, and William A. Bell, Tallahassee, for amici curiae The Florida Hospital Association, Inc. and the Association of Voluntary Hospitals of Florida, Inc.

Claudia B. Greenberg of Grossman and Roth, P.A., for amicus curiae Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.


FARMER, Judge.

These consolidated appeals present unsettled questions relating to voluntary arbitration under the Medical Malpractice Act and the statutory limits on claims for non-economic damages. We must first, however, take up the equally unsettled issue as to the defendants' right under the Medical Malpractice Act to a stay pending review of the arbitration award.

I. Stay Pending Review

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