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LEMA v. EPSTEIN, 937 So.2d 1107 (Fla.App. 2 Dist. 2006)

MARIA LEMA, as Personal Representative of the Estate of DEREK MARCELLO LEMA, Deceased, Appellant, v. STEVEN G. EPSTEIN, M.D.; BAY AREA SURGICAL ASSOCIATES, P.A., a Florida Corporation; ANTHONY ACOSTA, M.D.; EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES OF FLORIDA, L.L.C. (EMAF), a limited liability Corporation; and BAYFRONT MEDICAL CENTER, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellees.

Case No. 2D05-1241.District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Opinion filed September 15, 2006.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pinellas County, John C. Lenderman, Judge.

Karen R. Wasson and Joseph M. Taraska of Jacobs Goodman, P.A., Altamonte Springs, for Appellant.

Kenneth C. Deacon and Theadora D. Kubiak of Deacon Moulds, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellees Steven G. Epstein and Bay Area Surgical Associates, P.A. Thomas M. Hoeler, Kenneth A. Beytin, and Glenn M. Burton of Burton, Schulte, Weekley, Hoeler, McLaughlin Beytin, P.A., Tampa, for Appellees Anthony Acosta, M.D., Emergency Medical Associates of Florida, L.L.C., and Bayfront Medical Center, Inc.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

DAVIS, SILBERMAN, and KELLY, JJ., Concur.

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED.

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