CHARLES v. SOUTHERN BAPTIST HOSP.

No. SC15-2180.

209 So.3d 1199 (2017)

Jean CHARLES, Jr., etc., et al., Appellants, v. SOUTHERN BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF FLORIDA, INC., etc., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 31, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan Scott Gowdy of Creed & Gowdy, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida, for Appellants

George N. Meros, Jr. and Andre Velosy Bardos of Gray Robinson, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida; William Everett Kuntz , Michael Houston Harmon , and Earl Edwin Googe, Jr. of Smith Hulsey & Busey, Jacksonville, Florida; and Jack E. Holt, III of Grower, Ketcham, Rutherford, Bronson, Eide & Telan, P.A., Orlando, Florida, for Appellee

George Alexander Vaka , Nancy Ann Lauten , and Richard N. Asfar of the Vaka Law Group, P.L., Tampa, Florida; and Maame Gyamfi , AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, District of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae AARP

Philip Mead Burlington of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, Florida, for Amicus Curiae Florida Justice Association

Christopher Vincent Carlyle of The Carlyle Appellate Law Firm, The Villages, Florida, for Amicus Curiae Florida Consumer Action Network

Katherine Eastmoore Giddings and Kristen Marie Fiore of Akerman LLP, Tallahassee, Florida; Kirk Stuart Davis of Akerman LLP, Tampa, Florida; and Kathleen T. Pankau , Senior Legal Counsel, The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, for Amicus Curiae The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Joshua Paul Welsh of Bush Ross, P.A., Tampa, Florida; and Michael R. Callahan of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for Amici Curiae American Medical Association and the Florida Medical Association (the "Association Amici"); Clarity PSO, Vizient PSO, California Hospital Patient Safety Organization, CHS PSO, LLC, The PSO Advisory, LLC, Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery PSO, QA to QI LLC, Pascal Metrics, Inc., MEDNAX PSO, LLC, Child Health Patient Safety Organization, Inc., Missouri Center for Patient Safety, NC Quality Center PSO, American Data Network PSO, ECRI Institute PSO, Strategic Radiology Patient Safety Organization LLC, Ascension Health Patient Safety Organization, Quantros Patient Safety Center, Quality Circle for Healthcare, Inc., PsychSafe, UHS Acute Care PSO, Midwest Alliance for Patient Safety, Alliance for Patient Medication Safety, American Medical Foundation Patient Safety Organization, Center for the Assessment of Radiological Sciences PSO, and MCIC Vermont PSO (the "PSO Amici"); and IASIS Healthcare LLC, Florida Health Sciences Center, Inc. d/b/a Tampa General Hospital, Crestview Hospital Corporation, Lake Wales Hospital Corporation, Manatee Memorial Hospital, L.P., La Amistad Residential Treatment Center, LLC, and Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc. (the "Provider Amici")

Andrew Steven Bolin of Beytin, McLaughlin, McLaughlin, O'Hara, Bocchino & Bolin, Tampa, Florida, for Amici Curiae The Patient Safety Organization of Florida and ECRI Institute PSO

Elizabeth Joy Campbell of Locke Lord LLP, West Palm Beach, Florida; and Paul E. Dwyer of Locke Lord LLP, Providence, Rhode Island, for Amicus Curiae The Alliance for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Inc.


The important constitutional issue at the heart of this dispute is whether the records that patients in this State have a right to access under article X, section 25, of the Florida Constitution ("Amendment 7"), specifically records relating to "adverse medical incidents," are privileged and confidential under the Federal Patient Safety...

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