Frank Special v. West Boca Medical Center

Decided November 13, 2014. Ricky Polston wrote the opinion for the court.

160 So. 3d 1251 · Cited 135 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• State v. DiGuilio · 491 So. 2d 1129
• Special v. Baux · 79 So. 3d 755
• Jost v. Ahmad · 730 So. 2d 708
• State v. Price · 491 So. 2d 536
• Manuel v. State · 524 So. 2d 734
• Savoie v. State · 422 So. 2d 308
• Sheffield v. Superior Ins. Co. · 800 So. 2d 197
• Linn v. Fossum · 946 So. 2d 1032
• McCool v. Gehret · 657 A.2d 269
• Coronado v. State · 654 So. 2d 1267
• Jones v. State · 385 So. 2d 1042
• Mattek v. White · 695 So. 2d 942
• Lynch v. McGovern · 270 So. 2d 770
• Langston v. King · 410 So. 2d 179
• Nagel v. State · 774 So. 2d 835

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