IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA CASE NO. SC12-1387 ...

Electronically Filed 11/22/2013 05:31:23 PM ET

RECEIVED, 11/22/2013 17:33:36, John A. Tomasino, Clerk, Supreme Court

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA

CASE NO. SC12-1387

CHARLES H. BURNS, as Personal

Representative of the ESTATE OF ENRIQUE

CASASNOVAS, Deceased, for the benefit of

the ESTATE OF ENRIQUE CASASNOVAS,

Petitioner,

-vsPALMS WEST HOSPITAL LIMITED

PARTNERSHIP,

a

Foreign

Limited

Partnership, d/b/a PALMS WEST HOSPITAL

f/k/a COLUMBIA PALMS WEST HOSPITAL

LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Foreign Limited

Partnership, d/b/a PALMS WEST HOSPITAL,

etc., et al.,

Respondent.

_____________________________________/

REPLY BRIEF OF PETITIONER ON THE MERITS

On appeal from the Fourth District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida

DONALDSON & WESTON, P.A.

311 SE Ocean Blvd.

Stuart, FL 34994

and

BURLINGTON & ROCKENBACH, P.A.

444 West Railroad Avenue/Suite 350

West Palm Beach, FL 33401

(561) 721-0400

Attorneys for Petitioner

aah@

jew@

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

iii-iv

PREFACE

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ARGUMENT

1-15

POINT I

1-11

THE FOURTH DISTRICT ERRED IN CONCLUDING

THAT THE ESTATE¡¯S CLAIMS ARE MEDICAL

MALPRACTICE

CLAIMS,

RATHER

THAN

ADMINISTRATIVE OR BUSINESS NEGLIGENCE

CLAIMS.

POINT II

12-15

THE FOURTH DISTRICT ERRED IN FAILING TO

ADDRESS WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT¡¯S

ORDER DETERMINING THAT THE CLAIMS ARE

NOT MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE CLAIMS HAD

CONSTITUTED A DEPARTURE FROM THE

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW, AND

THE TRIAL COURT¡¯S ORDER DOES NOT

CONSTITUTE SUCH A DEPARTURE.

CONCLUSION

15

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

16

CERTIFICATE OF TYPE SIZE & STYLE

17

ii

TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

PAGE

Cases

Acosta v. HealthSpring of Fla., Inc.,

118 So.3d 246 (Fla. 3d DCA 2013)

4

Burke v. Snyder,

899 So.2d 336 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005)

2, 7, 8, 10, 13

Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp. v. San Perdido Assoc., Inc.,

104 So.3d 344, 351 (Fla. 2012)

14

Columbia/JFK Medical Center Ltd. v. Sangounchitte,

977 So.2d 639 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008)

11

Integrated Health Care Servs. Inc. v. Lang-Redway,

840 So.2d 974 (Fla. 2003)

7

Martinez v. Lifemark Hosp. of Fla., Inc.,

608 So.2d 855, 857 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992)

9

Palms West Hosp. Limited P¡¯ship v. Burns,

83 So.3d 785, 788 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011),

review granted -- So.3d -- (Fla. June 3, 2013)

Paulk v. Nat¡¯l Med. Enterprises, Inc.,

679 So.2d 1289 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996)

12, 13

7

Rodriguez v. Miami-Dade County,

117 So.3d 400 (Fla. 2013)

14, 15

South Miami Hosp., Inc. v. Perez,

38 So.3d 809, 812 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010)

Tunner v. Foss,

655 So.2d 1151 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995)

11

5

iii

Weinstein v. Groth,

629 So.2d 835 (Fla. 1993)

8

Williams v. Oken,

62 So.3d 1129, 1132 (Fla. 2011)

14

Statutes

¡ì395.1041(2), Fla. Stat.

2

¡ì395.1041(3)(d) 1.-3., Fla. Stat.

2

¡ì766.102(1), Fla. Stat.

8

¡ì766.102(7), Fla. Stat.

11

¡ì766.106(1)(a), Fla. Stat.

6

¡ì766.110, Fla. Stat.

2, 8

Chapter 395, Fla. Stat.

2

Chapter 766, Fla. Stat.

6, 7

iv

PREFACE

This is Petitioner¡¯s request for discretionary review of a decision of the

Fourth District Court of Appeal dated November 30, 2011, quashing an Order

denying Palms West Hospital Limited Partnership¡¯s Motion to Dismiss and

remanding the case for further proceedings.

Petitioner, Charles H. Burns, etc., et al., will be referred to as ¡°the decedent¡±

or ¡°the Estate.¡±

Respondent, Palms West, etc., et al., will be referred to as

¡°Respondent¡± or ¡°Palms West.¡± The following designations will be used:

(IB) - Initial Brief on the Merits

(AB) - Answer Brief on the Merits

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