Henry v. National Health Care Affiliates, Inc.

We grant the petition for writ of certiorari and quash the order of the trial court which prohibited counsel from engaging in ex parte contact with former employees of National Health Care Affiliates, Inc., d/b/a Woodlands Nursing Center, who cared for and treated the decedent whose estate is a party to this case. The trial court granted the defendant’s motion based on this court’s holding in Barfuss v. Diversicare Corp. of America, 656 So.2d 486 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995), Keesal v. First Healthcare Corp., 684 So.2d 214 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996), and Wilson v. Central Tampa Nursing Home, Ltd., 691 So.2d 14…