Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida
Opinion filed July 13, 2016.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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No. 3D16-518
Lower Tribunal No. 10-26205
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Tenet Hialeah Healthsystem, Inc., a Florida corporation, d/b/a
Hialeah Hospital,
Petitioner,
vs.
Yailenis Gonzalez and Dunieski Anzon, as parents of Daniela
Anzon, a deceased minor,
Respondents.
On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade
County, William Thomas, Judge.
Billing, Cochran, Lyles, Mauro & Ramsey, P.A., and Donna M. Krusbe and
Kenneth W. Morgan, Jr. (West Palm Beach), for petitioner.
Robbins & Reynolds, P.A., and Michael J. Vecchione and Robert A.
Robbins; Carlos O. Fernandez, for respondents.
Before SUAREZ, C.J., and SHEPHERD and SALTER, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Tenet Hialeah Healthsystem, Inc., d/b/a Hialeah Hospital, petitions for
certiorari review of orders allowing Yailenis Gonzalez and Dunieski Anzon, as
parents of Daniela Anzon, a deceased minor, to amend their complaint to allege
punitive damages in this action for mishandling of the minor’s corpse. This court
may not review an order authorizing a claim for punitive damages beyond
determining whether the trial court followed the procedural requirements. See
Globe Newspaper Co. v. King, 658 So. 2d 518 (Fla. 1995); Parker, Landeman &
Parker, P.A. v. Riccard, 871 So. 2d 1043 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004); Delta Health Grp.,
Inc. v. Jackson, 798 So. 2d 857 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001); Munroe Reg’l Health Sys.,
Inc. v. Estate of Gonzales, 795 So. 2d 1133 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001). Accordingly,
because the lower court complied with the procedural requirements in making its
determination in this case, we deny the petition for writ of certiorari.
Petition denied.
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