Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2026

MAUREEN KOTCH and LUCILLE A. BISHOP v. SANFORD HEALTH and THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY D/B/A GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY - KISSIMMEE VILLAGE

MAUREEN KOTCH and LUCILLE A. BISHOP v. SANFORD HEALTH and THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY D/B/A GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY - KISSIMMEE VILLAGE
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided March 24, 2026
MAUREEN KOTCH and LUCILLE A. BISHOP v. SANFORD HEALTH and THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY D/B/A GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY - KISSIMMEE VILLAGE

Opinion

SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 6D2025-0921 Lower Tribunal No. 2023-CC-001087 _____________________________ MAUREEN KOTCH and LUCILLE A. BISHOP, Appellants, v. SANFORD HEALTH and THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY d/b/a GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY – KISSIMMEE VILLAGE, Appellees. _____________________________ Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.130 from the County Court for Osceola County.

Gabrielle N. Sanders-Morency, Judge.

March 24, 2026 PER CURIAM AFFIRMED.

STARGEL, MIZE and PRATT, JJ., concur.

John J. Martino, Philip D. Storey, and Jeffrey D. Harvey, of Community Legal Services, Daytona Beach, and Randall O. Reder, of ACE Charitable Legal Services, Inc., Savannah, Georgia, for Appellants.

Marie A. Borland, Lauren Ayers, and Shane T. Costello, of Hill Ward Henderson, P.A., Tampa, for Appellees.

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED

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