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HANNON v. ROPER

No. 1D06-389.

945 So.2d 534 (2006)

Yvette HANNON, as personal representative of the Estate of Nathan Scott Hannon, and on behalf of all survivors, Petitioner, v. Steven ROPER, M.D., Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc., d/b/a Shands at Live Oak, Shands Medical Group of Live Oak, and Shands Healthcare; Robert Spindell, D.O., and B.S. Hegde, M.D., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 8, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Mills of Mills & Carlin, P.A., Jacksonville; James W. Gustafson, Jr., of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., Tallahassee; and W. Roderick Bowdoin, Lake City, for Petitioner.

Susan L. Kelsey of Anchors Smith Grimsley, Tallahassee, for Respondents Steven Roper, M.D., and Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc.

Ronald L. Harrop of Cooney, Mattson, Lance, Blackburn, Richards & O'Connor, P.A., Orlando, for Respondent Steven Roper, M.D.

John D. Jopling, Gainesville, for Respondent Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc.

Jennings L. Hurt, III, and Henry W. Jewett, II, of Rissman, Weisberg, Barrett, Hurt, Donahue & McLain, P.A., Orlando, for Respondent Robert Spindell, M.D.

John S. Derr, Tallahassee, for Respondent B.S. Hegde, M.D.

V. Julia Luyster of Bernstein, Chackman and Liss, Hollywood; Tracy Raffles Gunn of Fowler White Boggs Banker, P.A., Tampa; and Jeffrey Bigman of Smith, Hood, Perkins, et al., Daytona Beach, for Amicus Curiae Florida Defense Lawyers' Association.

Alan E. McMichael of Stripling, McMichael & Stripling, P.A., Gainesville, for Amicus Curiae The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.

THOMAS, J.

This petition for writ of certiorari requires us to determine whether, in this medical negligence action, the trial court erred in authorizing Decedent's physician, who is not a party to this litigation, to have ex parte communications concerning Decedent's medical care and treatment. We find that this authorization departs from the essential requirements of law and therefore grant the petition.

Petitioner has filed suit against Shands Teaching...

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