NOTAMI HOSP. OF FLORIDA, INC. v. BOWEN

No. 1D05-4149.

927 So.2d 139 (2006)

NOTAMI HOSPITAL OF FLORIDA, INC., d/b/a Lake City Medical Center, Petitioner, v. Evelyn BOWEN and Don Bowen, her husband, John C. Nicely, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Christine Nicely, Pendrak Surgical Group, P.A., and Robert B. Pendrak, M.D., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 21, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Bronis and Steven Wisotsky of Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Miami, & Charles Shad of Saalfield, Shad, Jay, Lucas & Stokes, P.A., Jacksonville, for Petitioner.

Jerome Hoffman of Holland & Knight, Tallahassee & Michael Tanner of Holland & Knight, Jacksonville, as Amici Curiae for Petitioner.

Lisa Shearer Nelson of Holtzman Equels, Tallahassee, for Respondents.

Lincoln Connolly of Rossman, Baumberger, Reboso & Spier, P.A., Miami, & Philip Burlington, of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, as Amici Curiae for Respondents.


HAWKES, J.

The trial court ruled Amendment 7, codified as article X, section 25, of the Florida Constitution, is self-executing, and section 381.028, Florida Statutes (2005), enacted to implement article X, section 25, is unconstitutional. As a consequence, the trial court ruled Respondents could access previously confidential peer review, risk management, and credentialing documents. Petitioner, Notami Hospital of Florida, Inc., d/b/a Lake City Medical Center, petitions...

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