Palms of Pasadena Hospital v. Rutigliano

Palms of Pasadena Hospital, (“Palms”), petitions for a writ of certiorari to quash an order of the trial court requiring it to identify members of its Credentials Committee. Palms argues that section 766.101(5) and section 395.0191(8), Florida Statutes (2000), makes the information privileged and immune from discovery. We agree.

Palms was sued by the respondent, Nancy Kymm Harvin Rutigliano, as personal representative of a decedent who died after being negligently treated by a physician on Palm’s hospital staff. The theory adopted by the personal representative to seek responsibility against…