FLORIDA HOSP. WATERMAN, INC. v. BUSTER

Nos. SC06-688, SC06-912.

984 So.2d 478 (2007)

FLORIDA HOSPITAL WATERMAN, INC., etc., Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, v. Teresa M. BUSTER, etc., et al., Respondents/Cross-Petitioners. Notami Hospital of Florida, Inc., etc., Appellant/Petitioner, v. Evelyn Bowen, et al., Appellees/Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied May 12, 2008.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. England, Jr. and Daniel M. Samson of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, Florida; and Mason H. Grower, III and Jack E. Holt, III of Grower, Ketcham, Rutherford, Bronson, Eide and Telan, P.A., Orlando, Florida, for Petitioner/Cross-Respondent.

Christopher V. Carlyle, Shannon McLin Carlyle, and Gilbert S. Goshorn, Jr. of The Carlyle Appellate Law Firm, The Villages, Florida, for Respondents/Cross-Petitioners.

Gail Leverett Parenti of Parenti and Parenti, P.A., Miami, Florida, and Andrew Steven Bolin of Macfarlane, Ferguson, and McMullen, Tampa, Florida, on behalf of The Florida Defense Lawyers Association; Stephen H. Grimes and Jerome W. Hoffman of Holland and Knight, LLP, Tallahassee, Florida, on behalf of Florida Hospital Association, Inc.; James M. Barclay of Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster, and Russell, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, on behalf of Florida Patient Safety Corporation, Inc.; Paul D. Jess, General Counsel of Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Inc., Tallahassee, Florida, on behalf of The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; and Philip M. Burlington of Burlington and Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, Florida, and Lincoln J. Connolly of Rossman, Baumberger, Reboso, and Spier, P.A., Miami, Florida, on behalf of Floridians for Patient Protection, Inc., for Amici Curiae.

Steven Wisotsky and Stephen J. Bronis of Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP, Miami, Florida, and Charles T. Shad of Saalfield, Shad, Jay, Lucas, and Stokes, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida, for Appellant/Petitioner.

Thomas K. Equels, J. Stanley Chapman, and Judson H. Orrick of Holtzman Equels, Tallahassee, Florida, for Appellees/Respondents.

Stephen H. Grimes and Jerome W. Hoffman of Holland and Knight, LLP, Tallahassee, Florida, on behalf of Florida Hospital Association, Inc.; Paul D. Jess, General Counsel of Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Inc., Tallahassee, Florida, on behalf of The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; and Philip M. Burlington of Burlington and Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, Florida, and Lincoln J. Connolly of Rossman, Baumberger, Reboso, and Spier, P.A., Miami, Florida, on behalf of Floridians for Patient Protection, Inc., for Amici Curiae.


Rehearing Denied May 12, 2008 as to SC06-688.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 2008 as to SC06-912.

PER CURIAM.

These cases are before the Court for review of the decisions of the First and Fifth District Courts of Appeal in Notami Hospital of Florida, Inc. v. Bowen, 927 So.2d 139 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006), and Florida Hospital Waterman, Inc. v. Buster, 932 So.2d 344 (Fla. 5th...

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