Cancer Specialists, LLC d/b/a Cancer Specialists of North Florida, Yousif Ahmed Ali Abubakr, M.D., Unni C. Thomas, M.D., and Waseet Z. Vance, M.D. v. Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida, Inc. d/b/a Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville and d/b/a Baptist Medical Center South, A Florida Non for Profit Corporation

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: October 1, 2019
• Docket: 19-2643
• Status: Published

Opinion

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________

No. 1D19-2643 _____________________________

CANCER SPECIALISTS, LLC d/b/a Cancer Specialists of North Florida, YOUSIF AHMED ALI ABUBAKR, M.D., UNNI C. THOMAS, M.D., and WASEET Z. VANCE, M.D.,

Appellants,

v.

SOUTHERN BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF FLORIDA, INC. d/b/a Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville and d/b/a Baptist Medical Center South, a Florida Non for Profit Corporation, BAPTIST PHYSICIAN PARTNERS, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, BAPTIST SOUTHEAST GYNECOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY, INC. (SEGO), a Florida for Profit Corporation, and BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC., a Florida Not for Profit Corporation,

Appellees. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. Gary L. Wilkinson, Judge. October 1, 2019

PER CURIAM.

Appellees’ motion to dismiss filed July 26, 2019, is granted, and this appeal is dismissed as premature. The request for stay contained in Appellants’ response filed August 8, 2019, is denied.

LEWIS, ROWE, and OSTERHAUS, JJ., concur.

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Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________

Richard H. Levenstein, Abby M. Spears, Noah B. Tennyson, and John “Jack” K. Rice of Nason, Yeager, Gerson, Harris & Fumero, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, for Appellants.

Jerome W. Hoffman, Fred J. Lotterhos III, Kevin W. Cox, and Justin W. Dixon of Holland & Knight LLP, Jacksonville, for Appellees.