HOROWITZ v. PLANTATION GENERAL HOSP. LTD.

No. SC05-331.

959 So.2d 176 (2007)

Stuart HOROWITZ, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. PLANTATION GENERAL HOSPITAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 24, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Mark Purdy and Rose-Ann Flynn of Purdy and Flynn, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Petitioners.

Arthur J. England, Jr. and Edward G. Guedes of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, FL, Hal B. Anderson and Kevin M. Vannatta of Billing, Cochran, Heath, Lyles, Mauro and Anderson, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Respondents.

Joel S. Perwin of Joel S. Perwin, P.A., Miami, FL, on behalf of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; and Gail Leverett Parenti of Parenti and Parenti, PA., Miami, FL, and William A. Bell, General Counsel, Florida Hospital Association, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of the Florida Hospital Association, as Amicus Curiae.


PARIENTE, J.

In this case, a patient with an unsatisfied money judgment against a physician for medical malpractice seeks recovery from a hospital where the physician had staff privileges, alleging that the hospital should be liable to her for failing to ensure that the physician complied with statutory financial responsibility requirements. The issue is whether section 458.320, Florida Statutes (2006), which outlines the financial responsibility requirements for...

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