Adventist Health System/Sunbelt Health v. Judge

Adventist Health System/Sunbelt Health Care Corp., d/b/a Florida Hospital Orlando (Florida Hospital), has filed a petition for a writ of certiorari seeking review of a non-final order compelling discovery.1 Finding that the trial court did not depart from the essential requirements of law in compelling discovery, we deny the petition.

The petitioner, Florida Hospital, is a defendant in a medical malpractice action filed by Joseph K. Judge as personal representative of the estate of his deceased wife Martha T. Judge. Mr. Judge contends that Mrs. Judge’s treating physician, Neal Powell, M.D.,…