THE ESTATE OF LEYMIR HERNANDEZ-LEMUS, BY AND THROUGH SARA IZQUIRDO-HERNANDEZ, AS THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE vs HCA, INC., ET AL.

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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT SARA IZQUIRDO-HERNANDEZ, as personal representative of the Estate of Leymir Hernandez-Lemus, deceased, Appellant, v. HCA, INC., WEST FLORIDA-TCH, LLC d/b/a TAMPA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; ELEANINE M. HARDY-HUNTER, M.D.; ELEANINE HARDY-HUNTER, M.D., P.A.; ARMANDO NICOLAS GUTIERREZ, M.D.; A. NICOLAS GUTIERREZ, M.D., P.A.; WILLIAM CROSS DUDNEY, IV, M.D.; MONICA HUDSON, CRNA; FLORIDA GULF-TOBAY ANESTHESIOLOGY ASSOCIATES, LLC; AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD RESOURCES, INC.; AIME MURAWSKI; YOLANDA WHITMORE; NICHOLAS BROWN; TONY V. TRAN; PHILLIP D. KRYSTOFIAK; and HAEMONETICS CORPORATION, Appellees. Opinion filed November 13, 2020. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Ralph C. Stoddard, Judge. Robert Johnson and Matthew D. Powell of MattLaw Tampa, for Appellant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 2D19-2568 Jason M. Azzarone, Louis J. LaCava, and David P. Young of LaCava & Jacobson, P.A., for Appellees William Cross Dudney, IV, M.D.; Monica Hudson, CRNA; and Florida Gulf-ToBay Anesthesiology Associates, LLC. P. Brandon Perkins of Campbell Conroy & O'Neil, Plantation; and James M. Campbell of Campbell Conroy & O'Neil, Boston, Massachusetts, for Appellee Haemonetics Corporation. No Appearance for Remaining Appellees. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. CASANUEVA, BLACK, and ATKINSON, JJ., Concur. -2-

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