Case Name: ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, INC., Petitioner, v. Elaine M. COXON, etc., et al., Respondents
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-10-08
Citations: 515 So. 2d 179
Docket Number: No. 70237
Parties: ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL, INC., Petitioner, v. Elaine M. COXON, etc., et al., Respondents.
Judges: McDonald, C.J., and OVERTON, EHRLICH, SHAW, BARKETT and KO-GAN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 515
Pages: 179–179

Head Matter:
ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL, INC., Petitioner, v. Elaine M. COXON, etc., et al., Respondents.
No. 70237.
Supreme Court of florida.
Oct. 8, 1987.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 11, 1987.
Ted R. Manry, III, and T. Paine Kelly, Jr. of Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, for petitioner.
Larry I. Gramovot of de la Parte, Gilbert & Gramovot, P.A., Tampa, for respondent, Coxon.
Marguerite H. Davis of Swann and Haddock, P.A., Tallahassee, for respondent Florida Patient’s Compensation.

Opinion:
GRIMES, Justice.
We have for review the consolidated cases of Florida Patient's Compensation Fund v. Coxon and St. Joseph's Hospital, Inc. v. Coxon, 502 So.2d 1369 (Fla.2d DCA 1987), which are certified to be in direct conflict with Bouchoc v. Peterson, 490 So.2d 132 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986). Our jurisdiction is predicated upon article V, section 3(b)(4), of the Florida Constitution. We quash the decision of the district court of appeal and remand for disposition consistent with our recent decision in Florida Patient's Compensation Fund v. Bou-choc, 514 So.2d 52 (Fla.1987).
It is so ordered.
McDonald, C.J., and OVERTON, EHRLICH, SHAW, BARKETT and KO-GAN, JJ., concur.