Supreme Court of Florida

Injury and Tort Law

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/16/2004
• Published 12/16/2004

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jane Kreusler-Walsh and Rebecca J. Mercier of Jane Kreusler-Walsh, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, and Jeffrey M. Fenster of Fenster and Faerber, P.A., Plantation, FL, for Petitioner., Joel S. Perwin of Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meahow, Olin and Perwin, P.A., Miami, FL, and Ford and Sinclair, P.A., Miami, FL, for amicus curiae, the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers., Edward J. Lyons of Milcowitz and Lyons, P.A., Clearwater, FL, for amicus curiae, the Coalition to Protect America's Elders., M. Stephen Turner, David K. Miller and Kelly A. O'Keefe of Broad and Cassel, Tallahassee, FL, for amici curiae, Florida Health Care Association and the Florida Association of Homes for the Aging, G. Bart Billbrough, Geoffrey B. Marks and Daniella S. Kreiner of Cole, White and Billbrough, P.A., Miami, FL, for amicus curiae, the Health Care and Retirement Corporation of America, a foreign corporation d/b/a Heartland Health Care and Rehabilitation Center-Sunrise.


• For Appellees:
  
• Scott Mager and Gary Gaffney of Mager and Associates, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, George Quintairos and Edward Prieto of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood and Boyer, P.A., Miami, FL, for Respondent.