Alexis Cantore, etc. v. West Boca Medical Center, Inc., etc.

The Fourth District's decision in Cantore v. West Boca Medical Center, Inc. , 174 So.3d 1114 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015), does not expressly and directly conflict with this Court's decision in Saunders v. Dickens , 151 So.3d 434 (Fla. 2014), "on the same question of law." Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. Because this Court lacks jurisdiction to review Cantore , I dissent.

My disagreement with the majority's determination of jurisdiction is twofold. First, Cantore and Saunders involve entirely different questions of law regarding medical malpractice actions. Cantore involves the admissibility of certain…