TORREY v. LEESBURG REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

No. 5D98-2024.

796 So.2d 544 (2001)

Becky S. TORREY, etc., Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. LEESBURG REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, et al., Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 2, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger E. Craig of Roger E. Craig & Associates, Naples, and Geoffrey N. Fieger and William H. McHenry, Southfield, MI, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Larry D. Hall and William W. Large, of Hill, Reis, Adams, Hall & Schieffelin, P.A., Orlando, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant, Leesburg Regional Medical Center.

Jeffrey S. Badgley, Rafael E. Martinez and Ruth C. Osborne, of McEwan, Martinez, Luff, Dukes and Ruffier, P.A., Orlando, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant, Kenneth Kupke, M.D.

G. Franklin Bishop, III, of Bussey, White, McDonough and Freeman, P.A., Orlando, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant, Robert Hux, M.D.


ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

HARRIS, J.

In our initial opinion in this matter we affirmed the trial court's dismissal of the action based on the fact that plaintiffs attorney was unauthorized to practice law in Florida and that his filings were therefore a nullity. However, in Torrey v. Leesburg Regional Medical Center, 769 So.2d 1040 (Fla.2000), the Florida Supreme Court held that one who employs a lawyer not...

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