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· 8/16/2007

Adams v. BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-DESOTO

Citations

  • 965 So. 2d 652
  • 2007 WL 2325225

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “notwithstanding” language in a subsection of a state statute overrode a specifically identified conflicting subsection
  • defining “notwithstanding” to mean “(1) In spite of; (2) Nevertheless; (3) In spite of the fact that”
  • \[T]he only proper venue for a suit against medical providers is the county in which the alleged act or omission occurred.\
  • “[T]he only proper venue for a suit against medical providers is the county in which the alleged act or omission occurred.”
  • “The presence of medical providers in [an] action renders subsection (1) inapplicable, as the ‘notwithstanding’ language of subsection (3) negates the language of subsection (1).”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Waller, P.J., Dickinson and Randolph

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