PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST v. METELLUS

No. 3D05-1989.

948 So.2d 4 (2006)

PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY d/b/a Jackson Memorial Hospital and JMH Health Plan, Appellants, v. Gelerme METELLUS and Marie Lacroix Metellus, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 2, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray A. Greenberg, Miami-Dade County Attorney, and Craig E. Leen, Assistant County Attorney, for appellants.

Hoffman & Hertzig and Carl H. Hoffman, Coral Gables, for appellees.

Before FLETCHER and SHEPHERD, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 2, 2007.

SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

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