DESAI v. LAWNWOOD MEDICAL CENTER INC (2018)

Supreme Court of Florida.

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

No. SC17-1493

Decided: 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

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.

PER CURIAM.

PARIENTE, QUINCE, POLSTON, and LABARGA, JJ., concur. CANADY, C.J., and LAWSON, J., concur in result. LEWIS, J., dissents.

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