CRESPO v. HERNANDEZ

No. 5D14-759.

151 So.3d 495 (2014)

Lualhati CRESPO and Jose Crespo, Appellants, v. Eileen HERNANDEZ, M.D. and Women's Care Florida, LLC d/b/a Partners in Women's Healthcare, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing En Banc Denied December 9, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessie L. Harrell and Bryan S. Gowdy , of Creed & Gowdy, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellants.

Thomas E. Dukes, III , and Ruth C. Osborne , of McEwan, Martinez, & Dukes, P.A., Orlando, for Appellees.


The arbitration agreement at issue violates the public policy pronounced by the Legislature in the Medical Malpractice Act, chapter 766, Florida Statutes (2012), by failing to adopt the necessary statutory provisions. Franks v. Bowers, 116 So.3d 1240, 1248 (Fla.2013) ("Because the Legislature explicitly...

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