Opinion
No. 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.
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, ––– So. 3d ––––, 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, ––– So. 3d ––––, 2021 WL 3641443 (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.