
    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
   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.  