ESTATE OF STEPHENS v. GALEN HEALTH CARE

No. 2D04-3002.

911 So.2d 277 (2005)

ESTATE OF Delia F. STEPHENS, by and through Rita F. CLARK, personal representative, Petitioner, v. GALEN HEALTH CARE, INC., Galencare, Inc., and HCA-The Healthcare Company, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 30, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan B. Morrison of Law Offices of Susan B. Morrison, P.A., Tampa, and Kimberley M. Kohn of Wilkes & McHugh, P.A., Tampa, for Petitioner.

Wm. Jere Tolton, III, and Joseph F. Kinman of Ogden & Sullivan, P.A., Tampa, for Respondents.


VILLANTI, Judge.

The Estate of Delia F. Stephens (the Estate), the plaintiff in a medical negligence case, petitions this court for a writ of certiorari quashing an order allowing ex parte communications between the attorneys of the defendant hospital—operated by Galen Health Care, Inc., Galencare, Inc., and HCA-The Healthcare Company (the Respondents)—and the physicians and other health care providers responsible for Ms. Stephens' treatment. We grant...

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