Geico Indem. Co. v. Total Orthopaedics Care, P.A.

Full title: GEICO INDEMNITY COMPANY, Appellant, v. TOTAL ORTHOPAEDICS CARE, P.A.…

Court: Florida Court of Appeals, Fourth District

Date published: Aug 18, 2021

No. 4D21-231 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Aug. 18, 2021)

Opinion

4D21-231

08-18-2021

GEICO INDEMNITY COMPANY, Appellant, v. TOTAL ORTHOPAEDICS CARE, P.A., a/a/o VALENTA AUBERRY, Appellee.

Michael A. Rosenberg, Peter D. Weinstein, and Adrianna de la Cruz-Muñoz of Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., Plantation, for appellant. David B. Pakula of David B. Pakula, P.A., Pembroke Pines, and Gary Marks of Marks & Fleischer, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Per Curiam.

Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

Appeal from the County Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Robert W. Lee, Judge; L.T. Case Nos. 062016SC019741AXXXCE and 062018AP025702AXCCCE.

Michael A. Rosenberg, Peter D. Weinstein, and Adrianna de la Cruz-Muñoz of Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., Plantation, for appellant.

David B. Pakula of David B. Pakula, P.A., Pembroke Pines, and Gary Marks of Marks & Fleischer, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Per Curiam.

Geico Indemnity Company appeals the county court's judgment against it. For the reasons we explained in Geico Indemnity Co. v. Muransky Chiropractic P.A., No. 4D21-457, 2021 WL 2584107 (Fla. 4th DCA June 24, 2021), and in our opinion in Geico General Ins. Co. v. Hallandale Beach Orthopedics, Inc., 4D21-206 (Fla. 4th DCA Aug. 18, 2021), we reverse and remand. On remand, the court must determine, or the parties must stipulate, whether the amount billed was less than 80% of 200% of the statutory fee schedule. If so, the court may enter judgment against Geico in accordance with Muransky.

Reversed and remanded.

Damoorgian, Kuntz and Artau, JJ., concur.