LIFESOUTH COMMUNITY BLOOD CENTERS, INC. v. KAYNAN FITCHNER, etc. et al
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA LIFESOUTH COMMUNITY BLOOD CENTERS, INC., Appellant, v. CASE NO. 1D06-4475 KAYNAN FITCHNER, as Personal Representative of the ESTATE of CHASE FITCHNER, deceased, Appellees. ___________________________/ Opinion filed December 26, 2007. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Alachua County. Robert E. Roundtree, Jr., Judge. Christine R. Davis of Carlton Fields, P.A., Tallahassee, and Robert E. Biasotti of Carlton Fields, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellant. Thomas J. Guilday, Catherine B. Chapman, and J. Celeste Burns of Guilday, Tucker, Schwartz & Simpson, P.A., Tallahassee, for Florida Association of Blood Bank, Amicus Curiae for Appellant. Raymond T. Elligett, Jr. and Amy S. Farrior of Buell & Elligett, P.A., Tampa, and Dean R. LeBoeuf and Rhonda S. Bennett of Brooks, LeBoeuf, Bennett, Foster & Gwartney, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee. ON MOTION FOR CERTIFICATION AND CLARIFICATION WOLF, J. We deny the motion for clarification, but we grant the motion for certification and reword the certification question proposed by appellee. We hereby certify the following question as being one of great public importance: DO THE PRESUIT NOTICE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 766.106(2), FLORIDA STATUTES, APPLY TO A BLOOD BANK THAT IS SUPPLYING BLOOD TO A PATIENT? BROWNING, C.J. and POLSTON, J., CONCUR. 2
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