Lifemark Hospitals of Florida, Inc. v. Afonso

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING OR CLARIFICATION

We deny Afonso’s motion for rehearing, but grant clarification by withdrawing our opinion filed on December 24, 2008, and substituting the following:

This is an appeal involving an arbitration award which presents a question of statutory construction, namely, whether section 766.207(7), Florida Statutes (2003), limits awardable economic damages in ar-bitrations to those damages available under the Wrongful Death Act. In other words, the issue presented is whether the 2003 amendments to the Medical Malpractice Act limit economic damages in arbitra-tions…