Case Name: RESPIRATORY THERAPEUTICS, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. FOSTER MEDICAL CORPORATION, Pal-Med Health Services and Edward E. Goldman, M.D., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-03-14
Citations: 542 So. 2d 1010
Docket Number: No. 88-320
Parties: RESPIRATORY THERAPEUTICS, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. FOSTER MEDICAL CORPORATION, Pal-Med Health Services and Edward E. Goldman, M.D., Appellees.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and BASKIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 542
Pages: 1010–1011

Head Matter:
RESPIRATORY THERAPEUTICS, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. FOSTER MEDICAL CORPORATION, Pal-Med Health Services and Edward E. Goldman, M.D., Appellees.
No. 88-320.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 14, 1989.
Rehearing Denied May 22, 1989.
Smith & Supraski and Louis A. Supraski, Miami, for appellant.
Mitrani, Rynor & Gallegos and Isaac J. Mitrani, Miami, Epstein, Becker & Green and Lynn Shapiro Snyder, Washington, D.C., Rice & Reiser and Arthur Halsey Rice, Miami, for appellees.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and BASKIN, JJ.

Opinion:
BASKIN, Judge.
The specific conduct complained of, namely, referring patients needing health care goods or services to a business entity in which the physician has an equity interest of ten percent or more after disclosure to the patients of the physician's financial interest, is sanctioned by section 458.331(l)(gg), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1986). Thus, we find no error in the trial court's dismissal of the complaint for failure to state a cause of action; however, we remand the cause to afford appellant an opportunity to amend its complaint to state a cause of action for antitrust violations. Hajec v. Town of Medley, 189 So.2d 835 (Fla. 3d DCA 1966); Pokress v. Tisch Florida Properties, Inc., 153 So.2d 346 (Fla. 3d DCA 1963). Accordingly, we affirm the dismissal, but remand the cause for further proceedings.
BARKDULL and BASKIN, JJ" concur.