Case Title: Mark David Kanarek, M.D., Et Al. v. Joseph Sullivan, Etc.

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC10-1196

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2011-06-02T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC10-1196 
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MARK DAVID KANAREK, M.D., et al.,  
Petitioners, 
 
vs. 
 
JOSEPH SULLIVAN, etc.,  
Respondent. 
 
[June 2, 2011] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review Sullivan v. Kanarek, 34 So. 3d 808 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010), 
in which the Second District Court of Appeal cited as authority its decision in City 
of Tampa v. Companioni, 26 So. 3d 598 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009), quashed, 51 So. 3d 
452 (Fla. 2010).  At the time the Second District issued its decision in Kanarek, 
Companioni was pending review in this Court.  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 
3(b)(3), Fla. Const.; Jollie v. State, 405 So. 2d 418 (Fla. 1981).   
           We stayed proceedings in this case pending our disposition of 
Companioni v. City of Tampa, 51 So. 3d 452 (Fla. 2010) (quashing the Second 
District’s Companioni decision).  We then issued an order directing respondent  in 
 
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the present case to show cause why we should not accept jurisdiction, quash the 
Second District’s Kanarek decision, and remand for reconsideration in light of our 
decision in Companioni.  Upon consideration of respondent’s response, and 
petitioner’s reply thereto, we have determined to so proceed. 
 
We accordingly accept jurisdiction and grant the petition for review in the 
present case.  The decision under review is quashed, and this matter is remanded to 
the Second District for reconsideration in light of this Court’s decision in 
Companioni. 
  
It is so ordered. 
CANADY, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, POLSTON, LABARGA, 
and PERRY, JJ., concur. 
 
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND 
IF FILED, DETERMINED. 
 
 
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Direct 
Conflict of Decisions 
 
 
Second District - Case No. 2D08-6242 
 
 
(Hillsborough County) 
 
Dinah Stein of Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld, and Stein, P.A., Miami, Florida, and 
Ronald Howell Josepher and Edwin Paul Gale of Josepher and Batteese, P.A., 
Tampa, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioners 
 
 
 
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George A. Vaka of Vaka Law Group, P.L., Tampa, Florida, and Charles Steven 
Yerrid and Tammy J. Judge, of the Yerrid Law Firm, Tampa, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent