Opinion
3D23-803
03-06-2024
Med Rehab Therapy Center Inc., et al., Appellants, v. Direct General Insurance Company, Appellee.
Christian Carrazana, P.A., and Christian Carrazana, for appellants. McFarlane Law, McFarlane Dolan &Prince, and William J. McFarlane III and Michael K. Mittelmark (Coral Springs), for appellee.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Lower Tribunal No. 22-7986 Carlos Guzman, Judge.
Christian Carrazana, P.A., and Christian Carrazana, for appellants.
McFarlane Law, McFarlane Dolan &Prince, and William J. McFarlane III and Michael K. Mittelmark (Coral Springs), for appellee.
Before LOGUE, C.J., and LINDSEY and LOBREE, JJ.
ON CONFESSION OF ERROR
PER CURIAM.
Based on the appellee's proper confession of error, we reverse the order denying the appellants' motion to intervene because the appellants' interest in the litigation is "of such a direct and immediate character that [they] will either gain or lose by the direct legal operation and effect of the judgment." Union Cent. Life Ins. Co. v. Carlisle, 593 So.2d 505, 507 (Fla. 1992) (quoting Morgareidge v. Howey, 78 So. 14, 15 (Fla. 1918)); see also Accident 911 Help Med. Ctr. Corp. v. Direct Gen. Ins. Co., 48 Fla.L.Weekly D1700 (Fla. 3d DCA Aug. 23, 2023).
Reversed and remanded.