PROGRESSIVE SELECT INS CO
v.
FLORIDA HOSP MED CTR

9th Cir. Ct. App. Div. | 2019-02-18
No. Writ 17-CV-119
1 FLCA 6428 Ninth Judicial Circuit Court, Appellate Division (2019)

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Synopsis

An appellate court affirmed summary judgment in favor of Florida Hospital Medical Center and denied the appellant's motions for attorney's fees and oral argument. The court granted the provider's motion for appellate attorney's fees and remanded the matter to the trial court for assessment.


Holding

The trial court's final summary judgment in favor of Florida Hospital Medical Center is affirmed, as is the trial court's determination regarding the election of a deductible, applying the presumption of correctness standard.


Headnotes

[1] An appeal should be dismissed when the case settles prior to the release of an opinion.

[2] A trial court's decision is presumed correct on appeal, and the appellant bears the burden of demonstrating error.

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Key Quotes

“In appellate proceedings the decision of a trial court has the presumption of correctness and the burden is on the appellant to demonstrate error.”

Establishes the standard of review and burden of proof on appeal

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Facts & Procedural History

The trial court entered final summary judgment in favor of Florida Hospital Medical Center. The appellant appealed, filing motions for attorney's fees…

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Opinion of the Court

Before CARSTEN, MURPHY, and TRAVER, J.J.

PER CURIAM.

OPINION ON MOTION TO WITHDRAW OPINION

Appellant’s Motion to Withdraw Opinion, filed on February 18, 2019, is being denied by separate order of the Court. The Court’s Opinion of February1, 2019 is revised1 as follows:

KEITH A. CARSTEN

Presiding Circuit Judge

TRAVER, J.J., concurs.

MURPHY, J., dissents.

The case settled prior to the opinion being released, therefore the appeal should have been dismissed pursuant to Rule 9.350(a) of the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure. See dissent in Order Denying Motion to Withdraw Opinion.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been furnished to: the Honorable Eric H. DuBois, Orange County Judge, Orange County Courthouse, 425 N. Orange Ave., Orlando, FL 32801; Douglas H. Stein, Esq., Association Law Group, P.L., 1200 Brickell Avenue, PH 2000, Miami, FL 33131; Robert J. Hauser, Esq., Pankauski Hauser PLLC, 415 South Olive Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL 33401, on this _______ day of ____________, 2019.

Footnotes
1 The Court’s Opinion of February 1, 2019 is revised to include Judge Murphy’s dissent. The trial court’s final judgment granting final summary judgment in favor of Florida Hospital Medical Center is AFFIRMED. See Progressive Select Ins. Co. v. Florida Hosp. Med. Ctr., a/a/o Jonathan Parent, 2018 WL 6816810 (Fla. Jan. 24, 2019). Furthermore, we decline to disturb the trial court’s determination regarding the election of a deductible. See Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee, 377 So. 2d 1150, 1152 (Fla. 1979) (“In appellate proceedings the decision of a trial court has the presumption of correctness and the burden is on the appellant to demonstrate error.”). Accordingly, “Appellant’s Motion for Attorney’s Fees,” and “Appellant’s Request for Oral Argument,” filed on April 4, 2018, are DENIED.2 “Provider’s Motion for Appellate Attorneys’ Fees,” filed on August 13, 2018, is GRANTED, and the assessment of those fees is REMANDED to the trial court. DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers, at Orlando, Orange County, Florida, on this _______ day of ____________, 2019. ____________________________
2 See Fla. R. App. P. 9.320. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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