SOUTHERN BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF FLORIDA, INC., etc., Petitioner,
v.
Jeffrey W. WELKER, Respondent.
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April 14, 2005.
April 14, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Harvey L. Jay, III, of Saalfield, Coulson, Shad and Jay, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for Petitioner.
Lawrence C. Datz of Datz and Datz, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for Respondent.
Rebecca O'Dell Townsend of Haas, Dutton, Blackburn, Lewis and Longley, P.L., Tampa, FL, on behalf of Florida Defense Lawyers Association; Gail Leverett Parenti of Parenti, Falk, Waas, Hernandez and Cortina, P.A., Coral Gables and William A. Bell, General Counsel, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Florida Hospital Association; and Ronald L. Harrop of Gurney and Handley, P.A., Orlando, FL, on behalf of Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc., as Amici Curiae.
Supreme Court of Florida.
PER CURIAM.
We have for review Welker v. Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida, Inc.,864 So.2d 1178 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004), in which the First District Court of Appeal certified the following question as a matter of great public importance:
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