LEON MEDICAL CENTERS, INC. v. DURAN

No. 3D21-1521.

335 So.3d 1226 (2021)

LEON MEDICAL CENTERS, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. Jose DURAN, etc., Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed October 20, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cole, Scott & Kissane, Michael E. Brand , Alan St. Louis and Cody German ; Easley Appellate Practice, PLLC and Dorothy F. Easley , for petitioners.

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., and Adam S. Hecht and F. Gregory Barnhart (West Palm Beach); Davis Goldman, PLLC and Aaron P. Davis and Daniel B. Allison and Kimberly Cook ; Harris Appeals, P.A., and Andrew A. Harris and Grace Mackey Streicher (Palm Beach Gardens), for respondent.

Before EMAS, LOBREE and BOKOR, JJ.


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