HCA HEALTH SERVICES v. BYERS-McPHEETERS

No. 4D15-4709.

201 So.3d 669 (2016)

HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF FLORIDA, INC. d/b/a St. Lucie Medical Center, Petitioner, v. Sarah BYERS-McPHEETERS; Bryan McPheeters; Michael Anthony Meloni, Jr., M.D.; J.H. Gatewood Emergency Services, P.A.; Emcare Physician Providers, Inc.; and Em-1 Medical Services, P.A., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 29, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. D'Lugo and Adam W. Rhys of Wicker, Smith, O'Hara, McCoy & Ford, P.A., Orlando, for petitioner.

Philip M. Burlington and Adam J. Richardson of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, for respondents Sarah Byers-McPheeters and Bryan McPheeters.


Petitioner seeks certiorari relief from a November 16, 2015 order granting Respondents' motion for leave to assert a punitive damages claim. See § 768.72, Fla. Stat. (2015). Certiorari review is available to determine whether a trial court has complied with the procedural requirements of section 768.72, but not to review the sufficiency...

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