TORRES v. VARIETY CHILDREN HOSPITAL (2018)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Linezka TORRES and Jorge Navarro, as Parents and Legal Guardians of Lucas Navarro, Their Minor Son, Petitioners, v. VARIETY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, a Florida Not for Profit Corporation, d/b/a Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Respondent.

No. 3D18-1355

Decided: October 31, 2018

Before ROTHENBERG, C.J., and SALTER and LINDSEY, JJ.

Goldberg & Rosen, P.A., and Judd G. Rosen and Mustafa H. Dandashly; Eaton & Wolk, P.L., and Douglas F. Eaton, Miami, for petitioners. Falk, Waas, Hernandez, Cortina, Solomon & Bonner, P.A., and Norman M. Waas, Scott E. Solomon, Coral Gables, and Richard Warren, Richmond, for respondent Variety Children's Hospital d/b/a Nicklaus Children's Hospital; Radey Law Firm, and Thomas A. Crabb, Tallahassee, and Lauren K. Thompson (Tallahassee), for Intervention Project for Nurses, Inc.; Wicker Smith O'Hara McCoy & Ford, P.A., and Alyssa M. Reiter, Fort Lauderdale, and Lindsey A. Hicks, Coral Gables, for Thomas James Sprufera, III.

Linezka Torres and Jorge Navarro, as parents and legal guardians of Lucas Navarro, their minor son (collectively, “the plaintiffs”), seek certiorari review of the order denying their request for an in camera inspection of a portion of Thomas Sprufera's patient file held by Intervention Project for Nurses, Inc. (“IPN”). We grant the petition, quash the trial court's order denying the plaintiffs' request for an in camera inspection, and direct the trial court to reconsider the plaintiffs' motion seeking an order from the trial court authorizing the release of these records following its in camera inspection.¹

Certiorari granted; order quashed with directions.

FOOTNOTES

1. This Court takes no position on the merits of the plaintiffs' motion seeking an order from the trial court authorizing IPN to release these documents.

PER CURIAM.

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