TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1998
Memorial Hospital-West Volusia
vs News-Journal Corp.
No. 90,835

Place of Origin
Daytona Beach in Volusia County

Facts
The West Volusia Hospital Authority ran the West Volusia Memorial Hospital for many years but later leased the entire facility to a private nonprofit, Memorial Hospital-West Volusia, Inc. The latter contended it now was exempt from public records laws and declined to open its records and meetings to news media. The Daytona Beach News-Journal sued. The trial court agreed the meetings and records were now private, but the Fifth District Court reversed.