MEM. HOSP.-WEST VOLUSIA v. NEWS-JOURNAL

No. SC00-82.

784 So.2d 438 (2001)

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-WEST VOLUSIA, INC., Petitioner, v. NEWS-JOURNAL CORPORATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. England, Jr. and Brenda K. Supple of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, FL, for Petitioner.

Jonathan D. Kaney, Jr. and Jonathan D. Kaney, III of Cobb Cole & Bell, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondent.

Sylvia H. Walbolt, Joseph H. Lang, Jr., and Michael K. Winston of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., and Michael J. Keane and Brandon S. Vesely of Keane, Reese & Vesely, P.A., St. Petersburg, FL, for Bayfront Medicial Center, Amicus Curiae.

Robert Rivas and Florence Snyder Rivas of Rivas & Rivas, Tallahassee, FL, for The First Amendment Foundation, The Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, Florida Today, The Palm Beach Post, The Pensacola News Journal, The St. Petersburg Times, and The Sun-Sentinel, Amici Curiae.

Gregg D. Thomas and James B. Lake of Holland & Knight LLP, Tampa, FL, for Media General Operations, Inc., d/b/a The Tampa Tribune, Amicus Curiae.


PER CURIAM.

We have for review a decision certifying the following question to be of great public importance:

SHOULD SECTION 395.3036 [FLORIDA STATUTES (SUPP.1998)] BE APPLIED RETROACTIVELY?

Mem'l Hosp.-West Volusia, Inc. v. News-Journal Corp., 747 So.2d 473 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. For the reasons stated herein...

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