Case Name: Anil DESAI, M.D., Petitioner, v. LAWNWOOD MEDICAL CENTER, INC., Respondent.
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2018-12-28
Citations: 260 So. 3d 218
Docket Number: No. SC17-1493
Parties: Anil DESAI, M.D., Petitioner,
v.
LAWNWOOD MEDICAL CENTER, INC., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 260
Pages: 218–219

Head Matter:
Anil DESAI, M.D., Petitioner,
v.
LAWNWOOD MEDICAL CENTER, INC., Respondent.
No. SC17-1493
Supreme Court of Florida.
December 28, 2018
Richard H. Levenstein and Abby M. Spears of Nason, Yeager, Gerson, White & Lioce, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; and Thomas P. Crapps of Meenan P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioner
Thomas E. Warner, Dean A. Morande, and Stephen A. Cohen of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., West Palm Beach, Florida, for Respondent
Leonard A. Nelson and Erin G. Sutton, Chicago, Illinois; and Mary Thomas, Tallahassee, Florida, for Amicus Curiae American Medical Association
Glenn J. Webber of Glenn J. Webber, PA, Stuart, Florida, for Amicus Curiae Association of American Physicians & Surgeons
Martin B. Goldberg and Jason A. Coe of Lash & Goldberg, LLP, Miami, Florida, for Amici Curiae Hospitals

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We initially accepted jurisdiction to review the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Desai v. Lawnwood Medical Center, Inc. , 219 So.3d 869 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017), based on express and direct conflict. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. Upon further consideration, we exercise our discretion and discharge jurisdiction.
It is so ordered.
PARIENTE, QUINCE, POLSTON, and LABARGA, JJ., concur.
CANADY, C.J., and LAWSON, J., concur in result.
LEWIS, J., dissents.