Desai v. Lawnwood Med. Ctr., Inc., 260 So. 3d 218 (2018)

Dec. 28, 2018 · Florida Supreme Court · No. SC17-1493
260 So. 3d 218

Anil DESAI, M.D., Petitioner,
v.
LAWNWOOD MEDICAL CENTER, INC., Respondent.

No. SC17-1493

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 28, 2018

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

PER CURIAM.

We initially accepted jurisdiction to review the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in *219Desai 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.