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CREWS v. FLORIDA PUBLIC EMPLOYERS COUNCIL

No. 1D12-5808.

113 So.3d 1063 (2013)

Michael D. CREWS, the Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections in his official capacity, and Corizon, Inc., Appellants, v. FLORIDA PUBLIC EMPLOYERS COUNCIL 79, AFSCME and Federation of Physicians and Dentists/Alliance of Healthcare and Professional Employees, Florida Nurses Association, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 5, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Parker , General Counsel, and Jonathan P. Sanford , Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of Corrections, Tallahassee; Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General; Diane DeWolf and Rachel E. Nordby , Deputy Solicitors General, of Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellant Michael D. Crews . William E. Williams , Amy W. Schrader , and Andy Bardos , of GrayRobinson, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant Corizon, Inc.

Thomas W. Brooks and Patricia A. Draper of Meyer, Brooks, Demma, and Blohm, P.A., Tallahassee; Alma R. Gonzalez of AFSCME Florida Council 79, Tallahassee for Appellee Florida Public Employees Council 79, AFSCME, and Federation of Physicians and Dentists/Alliance of Healthcare and Professional Employees. James C. Casey and Donald D. Slesnick, II , of Law Offices of Slesnick & Casey, Coral Gables, for Florida Nurses Association, Inc.

George T. Levesque , General Counsel, and Thomas R. McSwain , The Florida Senate, Tallahassee for Amicus Curiae The Florida Senate. Daniel E. Nordby , General Counsel, for Amicus Curiae The House of Representatives.

RAY, J.

This appeal is the latest in a series of legal challenges beginning in 2011 to efforts by the Florida Department of Corrections to privatize some or all of its functions in the four regions of Florida's correctional system. At issue is the validity of a contract between the Department and Corizon, Inc., for the provision of comprehensive health services to inmates in Regions I, II, and III for fiscal year 2012-2013. Contrary to the circuit court's ruling,...

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