Florida Panel:  Dismissal Proper In Assisted Living Resident’s Negligence Suit

Mealey's (May 10, 2022, 10:37 AM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — An assisted living facility’s resident in a May 5 docket entry moved for rehearing en banc two weeks after a Florida appellate panel affirmed a trial court judgment dismissing the resident’s negligence slip-and-fall suit against the facility, finding that the trial court correctly applied the Florida Assisted Living Facilities Act (ALFA) and the resident failed to comply with the act’s presuit requirements and two-year statute of limitations....