Lawnwood Medical Center, Inc. v. Seeger

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• noting that courts are not at liberty to add words to a statute that were not placed there by the Legislature and that the same tenet applies equally to constitutional provisions
• noting that courts “are not at liberty to add words to the statute that were not placed there by the Legislature.” (quoting State v. J.M., 824 So. 2d 105, 111 (Fla. 2002))
• noting that courts “are not at liberty to add words to the statute that were not placed there by the Legislature.” (quoting State v. J.M., 824 So. 2d 105, 111 (Fla. 2002))
• noting that provisions of a statute declared unconstitutional may be severed
• noting that provisions of a statute declared unconstitutional may be severed
• refusing to sever hospital governance law when act would not be complete with invalid portions severed to accomplish what the legislature intended

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