Case Name: Damien B. FORD, Appellant, v. FLORIDA HOSPITAL EAST ORLANDO, Appellee.
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2019-05-28
Citations: 274 So. 3d 1156
Docket Number: No. 1D18-1196
Parties: Damien B. FORD, Appellant,
v.
FLORIDA HOSPITAL EAST ORLANDO, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 274
Pages: 1156–1156

Head Matter:
Damien B. FORD, Appellant,
v.
FLORIDA HOSPITAL EAST ORLANDO, Appellee.
No. 1D18-1196
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 28, 2019
Rehearing Denied June 27, 2019
Richard S. Larson of Rick Larson Law, Winter Garden, for Appellant.
Craig S. Foels, Christian P. Trowbridge, and Dinelia Concepcion of Estes, Ingram, Foels & Gibbs, P.A., Maitland, for Appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
AFFIRMED . See Marchman v. St. Anthony's Hosp., Inc. , 152 So.3d 830, 831 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014) (holding that the Florida Commission on Human Relations lacked jurisdiction over hospitals); Crane v. Lifemark Hosp. of Fla., Inc. , 149 So.3d 718, 721 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014) (concluding that a hospital was not a covered establishment under the Florida Civil Rights Act). See also Mena v. Lifemark Hosps. of Fla., Inc. , Final Order No. 12-023, 2012 Fla. Div. Adm. Hear. LEXIS 253, *4 (FCHR May 16, 2012) (a hospital cafeteria cannot turn a hospital into a place of public accommodation), aff'd, Mena v. Lifemark Hosps. of Fla., Inc. , 109 So.3d 787 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013).
Rowe, Ray, and Osterhaus, JJ., concur.