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SHANDS TEACHING HOSP. v. MERCURY INS. CO.

No. SC09-2069.

97 So.3d 204 (2012)

SHANDS TEACHING HOSPITAL AND CLINICS, INC., Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. MERCURY INSURANCE COMPANY OF FLORIDA, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 4, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel W. Walters , Elinor E. Baxter and Thomas C. Valentine of Walters, Levine, Klingensmith and Thomison, P.A., Sarasota, FL, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Jeffrey W. Kirsheman , and Jamie B. Moses of Fisher, Rushmer, et al., Orlando, FL, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General and Louis F. Hubener, III , Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of the Attorney General's Office; Edward J. Pozzuoli, III , of Tripp, Scott, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, Stephanie D. Alexander of Tripp, Scott, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of the Florida Hospital Association; and Philip M. Burlington of Burlington and Rockenback, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, on behalf of the Florida Justice Association, As Amicus Curiae.

CANADY, C.J.

In this case we consider the constitutionality of the Alachua County Lien Law, chapter 88-539, Laws of Florida (Lien Law), and the Alachua County Hospital Lien Ordinance, Alachua County Code sections 262.20-262.25 (1997) (Ordinance), both of which establish certain lien rights for charitable hospitals in Alachua County. We have for review the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in Mercury Insurance Co. of Florida v. Shands Teaching Hospital...

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