Williams v. Oken

Petitioner, Ted Williams, seeks review of the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in Oken v. Williams, 23 So.3d 140 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009), on the ground that it expressly and directly conflicts with a decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in St. Mary’s Hospital v. Bell, 785 So.2d 1261 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001), on a question of law. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. For the reasons expressed below, we quash the First District’s decision in Oken, and approve the Fourth District’s decision in St. Mary’s. Because we find that the First District’s grant of…