Case Name: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Petitioner, v. Michael K. BALDWIN and Stephanie C. Baldwin, his wife, Respondents
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2007-11-06
Citations: 967 So. 2d 1062
Docket Number: No. 1D07-2322
Parties: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Petitioner, v. Michael K. BALDWIN and Stephanie C. Baldwin, his wife, Respondents.
Judges: DAVIS and LEWIS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 967
Pages: 1062–1062

Head Matter:
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Petitioner, v. Michael K. BALDWIN and Stephanie C. Baldwin, his wife, Respondents.
No. 1D07-2322.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Nov. 6, 2007.
Susan L. Kelsey, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.
Lincoln J. Connolly, of Rossman Baum-berger, Reboso & Spier, P.A., Miami, for Respondents.

Opinion:
BARFIELD, J.
The petition for writ of certiorari, which raises various issues involving the validity and application of the Patients' Right to Know Amendment to the Constitution of the State of Florida, Article X, Section 25 (Amendment 7), is denied on the merits. Petitioner has not demonstrated that the trial court departed from the essential requirements of law in declining to stay all discovery involving "adverse medical incidents" pending resolution of pending cases in the Florida Supreme Court involving Amendment 7, nor in his other rulings. The trial court properly followed this court's opinion in Notami Hospital of Florida, Inc. v. Bowen, 927 So.2d 139 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006), with respect to the issues decided therein. The other issues raised in this petition are without merit.
DAVIS and LEWIS, JJ., concur.