Supreme Court of Florida
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No. SC17-1493
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ANIL DESAI, M.D.,
Petitioner,
vs.
LAWNWOOD MEDICAL CENTER, INC.,
Respondent.
December 28, 2018
PER CURIAM.
We initially accepted jurisdiction to review the decision of the Fourth
District Court of Appeal in Desai v. Lawnwood Medical Center, Inc., 219 So. 3d
869 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017), based on express and direct conflict. See art. V, §
3(b)(3), Fla. Const. Upon further consideration, we exercise our discretion and
discharge jurisdiction.
It is so ordered.
PARIENTE, QUINCE, POLSTON, and LABARGA, JJ., concur.
CANADY, C.J., and LAWSON, J., concur in result.
LEWIS, J., dissents.
NO MOTION FOR REHEARING WILL BE ALLOWED.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal – Direct
Conflict of Decisions
Fourth District - Case No. 4D15-4408
(St. Lucie County)
Richard H. Levenstein and Abby M. Spears of Nason, Yeager, Gerson, White &
Lioce, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; and Thomas P. Crapps of Meenan P.A.,
Tallahassee, Florida,
for Petitioner
Thomas E. Warner, Dean A. Morande, and Stephen A. Cohen of Carlton Fields
Jorden Burt, P.A., West Palm Beach, Florida,
for Respondent
Leonard A. Nelson and Erin G. Sutton, Chicago, Illinois; and Mary Thomas,
Tallahassee, Florida,
for Amicus Curiae American Medical Association
Glenn J. Webber of Glenn J. Webber, PA, Stuart, Florida,
for Amicus Curiae Association of American Physicians & Surgeons
Martin B. Goldberg and Jason A. Coe of Lash & Goldberg, LLP, Miami, Florida,
for Amici Curiae Hospitals
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