Case Name: Melissa MAXWELL, Appellant, v. SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, INC., a Florida not for profit corporation, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1980-06-17
Citations: 385 So. 2d 127
Docket Number: No. 79-2178
Parties: Melissa MAXWELL, Appellant, v. SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, INC., a Florida not for profit corporation, Appellee.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and BASKIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 385
Pages: 127–127

Head Matter:
Melissa MAXWELL, Appellant, v. SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, INC., a Florida not for profit corporation, Appellee.
No. 79-2178.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 17, 1980.
Pelzner, Schwedock & Finkelstein and Peter S. Schwedock, Miami, for appellant.
George A. Buehmann, South Miami, for appellee.
Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and BASKIN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The final summary judgment under review is reversed and the cause is remanded to the trial court with directions to enter a final summary judgment in favor of the appellant Melissa Maxwell, as requested below, upon a holding that the hospital lien filed by appellee South Miami Hospital Foundation, Inc., pursuant to Ch. 27032, Laws of Florida (1951), in the subject personal injury tort action was extinguished by operation of law when the appellant and appellee amicably settled the underlying debt upon which the hospital lien was based. 21 Fla.Jur. "Liens" § 28 (1958); see White v. White, 129 So.2d 148, 152 (Fla.lst DCA 1961).