Hart v. Health Management Assoc

Full title: DOUGLAS B. HART, APPELLANT, v. HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, ETC., ET AL.…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Aug 1, 1997

697 So. 2d 234 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

Opinion

Case No. 96-3199

Opinion filed August 1, 1997

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, R. James Stroker, Judge.

Dominick J. Salfi of Law Offices of Dominick J. Salfi, and Marcia K. Lippincott of Marcia K. Lippincott, P.A., Maitland, for Appellant.

Richards H. Ford, Michael R. D'Lugo of Wicker, Smith, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham Ford, P.A., Orlando, for Appellees.

DAUKSCH, J.

This is an appeal from a dismissal of appellant's false imprisonment lawsuit against appellees. For the reasons set out in Foshee v. Health Management Assocs., 675 So.2d 957 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996), we reverse the order of dismissal. See also Robbins v. Orlando, H.M.A., Inc., 683 So.2d 664 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996); Liles v. P.I.A. Medfield, Inc., 681 So.2d 711 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995); andGarcia v. Psychiatric Institutes of America, Inc., 638 So.2d 567 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994).

ORDER REVERSED; REMANDED FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS.

COBB and GOSHORN, JJ., concur.