HEALTH OPTIONS v. PALMETTO PATHOLOGY SERVS.

No. 3D07-1453.

983 So.2d 608 (2008)

HEALTH OPTIONS, INC., Appellant, v. PALMETTO PATHOLOGY SERVICES, P.A., etc., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 20, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McDermott Will & Emery and Steven E. Siff and Michael G. Austin and Justin B. Uhlemann, Miami, for appellant.

Colson Hicks Eidson and Ervin Gonzalez and Patrick Montoya, Coral Gables,; Ross & Girten and Lauri Waldman Ross, Miami, for appellee.

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart and Steven R. Weinstein and Robert C. Leitner, Miami, for The Florida Society of Pathologists, The American Pathology Foundation and The Florida Hospital Association, as amicus curiae.

Steven M. Ziegler and Andres Gonzalez, Hollywood, for The Florida Association of Health Plans, as amicus curiae.

Mateer & Harbert and David L. Evans, Orlando; Sidley Austin and Jack R. Bierig and Richard D. Raskin, for the College of American Pathologists, American Medical Association, and Florida Medical Association, as amicus curiae.

Before WELLS, ROTHENBERG, and SALTER, JJ.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 20, 2008.

SALTER, J.

Health Options, Inc. ("HOI"), a health maintenance organization ("HMO"), appeals an amended final judgment entered after a directed verdict on liability and jury verdict on damages, each in favor of Palmetto Pathology Services ("PPS"). PPS is a group of pathologists rendering services through their laboratories in area hospitals. We affirm.

I. The Parties and Their Claims

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