Title: Anil Desai, M.D. v. Lawnwood Medical Center, Inc.

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC17-1493 
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ANIL DESAI, M.D., 
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
LAWNWOOD MEDICAL CENTER, INC., 
Respondent. 
 
December 28, 2018 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
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. 
PARIENTE, QUINCE, POLSTON, and LABARGA, JJ., concur. 
CANADY, C.J., and LAWSON, J., concur in result. 
LEWIS, J., dissents. 
 
NO MOTION FOR REHEARING WILL BE ALLOWED. 
 
 
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Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal – Direct 
Conflict of Decisions  
 
 
Fourth District - Case No. 4D15-4408  
 
 
(St. Lucie County) 
 
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