Damien B. Ford vs Florida Hospital East Orlando
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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D18-1196 _____________________________ DAMIEN B. FORD, Appellant, v. FLORIDA HOSPITAL EAST ORLANDO, Appellee. _____________________________ On appeal from the Florida Commission on Human Relations. May 28, 2019 PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See Marchman v. St. Anthony’s Hosp., Inc., 152 So. 3d 830, 831 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014) (holding that the Florida Commission on Human Relations lacked jurisdiction over hospitals); Crane v. Lifemark Hosp. of Fla., Inc., 149 So. 3d 718, 721 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014) (concluding that a hospital was not a covered establishment under the Florida Civil Rights Act). See also Mena v. Lifemark Hosps. of Fla., Inc., Final Order No. 12-023, 2012 Fla. Div. Adm. Hear. LEXIS 253, *4 (FCHR May 16, 2012) (a hospital cafeteria cannot turn a hospital into a place of public accommodation), aff’d, Mena v. Lifemark Hosps. of Fla., Inc., 109 So. 3d 787 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013). ROWE, RAY, and OSTERHAUS, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________ Richard S. Larson of Rick Larson Law, Winter Garden, for Appellant. Craig S. Foels, Christian P. Trowbridge, and Dinelia Concepcion of Estes, Ingram, Foels & Gibbs, P.A., Maitland, for Appellee. 2
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