# Hillsborough County Hospital & Welfare Board v. Taylor

> District Court of Appeal of Florida · August 10, 1988 · 13 Fla. L. Weekly 1929

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7570397

## Case

- **Full name:** HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HOSPITAL AND WELFARE BOARD d/b/a Tampa General Hospital v. Lottie TAYLOR, as guardian of the person and property of Irma Jean Payne, incompetent
- **Court:** District Court of Appeal of Florida
- **Decided:** August 10, 1988
- **Citations:** 13 Fla. L. Weekly 1929; 534 So. 2d 711; 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 3652; 1988 WL 82686
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** On rehearing by Hall
- **Judges:** Hall, Parker, Ryder
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING AND REHEARING EN BANC
HALL, Judge.
The appellant having filed a motion for rehearing and motion for rehearing en banc of this court’s opinion filed August 10, 1988, the motion for rehearing en banc is denied and the motion for rehearing is denied except to the extent that we agree to certify the following questions to the Florida Supreme Court as being of great public importance:
1. WHETHER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SELF-INSURANCE TRUST FUND OR ESCROW ACCOUNT BY THE GOVERNMENTAL HOSPITAL IS EQUIVALENT TO THE PURCHASE OF INSURANCE?
2. WHETHER A GOVERNMENTAL HOSPITAL WHICH HAS ESTABLISHED A SELF-INSURANCE TRUST FUND WAIVES SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY AGAINST CLAIMS UP TO THE AMOUNT OF THE FUND UNDER SECTION 286.-28, FLORIDA STATUTES (1979)?
RYDER, A.C.J., concurs.
PARKER, J., concurs in part and dissents in part.

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