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BENJAMIN v. TANDEM HEALTHCARE, INC.

No. SC07-2423.

998 So.2d 566 (2008)

Jodi BENJAMIN, etc., Petitioner, v. TANDEM HEALTHCARE, INC., etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 23, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane Kreusler-Walsh and Rebecca Mercier Vargas of Kreusler-Walsh, Compiani and Vargas, P.A., West Palm Beach, Florida, and Jeffrey M. Fenster and Stacie L. Cohen of Fenster, Cohen and Sobol, P.A., Sunrise, Florida, for Petitioner.

Thomas A. Valdez of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood, and Boyer, P.A., Tampa, Florida, for Respondent.

Karen L. Goldsmith and Jonathan S. Grout of Goldsmith, Grout and Lewis, P.A., Winter Park, Florida, on behalf of Florida Health Care Association; and Philip M. Burlington of Burlington and Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, Florida, on behalf of Florida Justice Association, as Amici Curiae.

WELLS, J.

In this case, we consider a certified question inquiring whether article X, section 25 of the Florida Constitution, titled "Patients' Right to Know About Adverse Medical Incidents" and also known as Amendment 7, encompasses nursing homes. In Tandem Healthcare, Inc. v. Benjamin, 969 So.2d 519 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007), the Fourth District Court of Appeal certified this question to be of great public importance:

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