DAMIEN B. FORD
v.
FLORIDA HOSPITAL EAST ORLANDO
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Hospitals are not covered establishments under the Florida Civil Rights Act and are not subject to the jurisdiction of the Florida Commission on Human Relations.
[1] Hospitals are not covered establishments under the Florida Civil Rights Act and are therefore not subject to the jurisdiction of the Florida Commission on Human Relations…
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AFFIRMED. See Marchman v. St. Anthony’s Hosp., Inc., 152 So. 3d 830, 831 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014) (holding that the Florida Commission on Human Relations lacked jurisdiction over hospitals); Crane v. Lifemark Hosp. of Fla., Inc., 149 So. 3d 718, 721 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014) (concluding that a hospital was not a covered establishment under the Florida Civil Rights Act). See also Mena v. Lifemark Hosps. of Fla., Inc., Final Order No. 12-023, 2012 Fla. Div. Adm. Hear. LEXIS 253, *4 (FCHR May 16, 2012) (a hospital cafeteria cannot turn a hospital into a place of public accommodation), aff’d, Mena v. Lifemark Hosps. of Fla., Inc., 109 So. 3d 787 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013).
ROWE, RAY, and OSTERHAUS, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.
_____________________________ Richard S. Larson of Rick Larson Law, Winter Garden, for Appellant. Craig S. Foels, Christian P. Trowbridge, and Dinelia Concepcion of Estes, Ingram, Foels & Gibbs, P.A., Maitland, for Appellee.
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