Exhibit 5.1 Legal Consent
Hamilton
Lehrer &
Dargan, P.A.
A Professional Association
Attorneys and Counselors at Law
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2 E. Camino Real, Suite 202
Boca Raton, Florida 33432
Telephone: 561-416-8956
Facsimile: 561-416-2855
Email: lawrocks@aol.com
March 3, 2003
Board of Directors
WORLD HEALTH ALTERNATIVES, INC.
300 Penn Center Boulevard
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15235
Re: Shares to be Registered on Form SB-2 (the "shares")
Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for World Health Alternatives, Inc., a Florida
corporation (the "Company"), and certain of its shareholders (the "Selling
Shareholders") in connection with the issuance of the Shares described in the
prospectus of the Company dated February 28, 2003 (the "Prospectus"), contained
in the Registration Statement on Form SB-2 of the Company and all Amendments
thereto.
In connection with this matter, we have examined the originals or copies
certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of the following:
a) Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended to date;
b) By-laws of the Company, as amended to date;
c) Certificates from the Secretary of State of the State of Florida
stating that the Company is duly incorporated; and
d) The Registration Statement and all exhibits thereto.
In addition to the foregoing, we have also relied as to matters of fact upon the
representations made by the Company and their representatives and upon
representations made by the Selling Shareholders. In addition, we have assumed
the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted
to us as originals, and the conformity to original documents of all documents
submitted to us certified or photostatic copies.
Based upon and in reliance upon the foregoing, and after examination of such
corporate and other records, certificates and other documents and such matters
of law as we have deemed applicable or relevant to this opinion, it is our
opinion that the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Florida, the
jurisdiction of its incorporation and has full corporate power as described in
the Registration Statement.
The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 200,000,000 shares of
Common Stock, with a par value of $.0001 per share, of which there are
40,595,400 shares outstanding. The Company is authorized to issue 100,000,000
shares of Preferred Stock with a par value of $.0001 per share, of which no
shares are outstanding. Proper corporate proceedings have been taken validly to
authorize such authorized capital stock and all the outstanding shares of such
capital stock (including the Shares), when delivered in the manner and/or on the
terms described in the Registration Statement, are duly and validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable. The shareholders of the Company have no
preemptive rights with respect to the Common Stock of the Company.
I hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the prospectus and
the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, I do not hereby admit that I
come within the category of a person whose consent is required under Section 7
of the Securities Act of 1933, or the general rules and regulations thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Brenda Hamilton, Esq.
Brenda Hamilton, Esq.
For the Firm
