BRUCE LEONARD AND PHYLLIS LEONARD
v.
THE ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE, P.A. D/B/A THE ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE, ORTHOPEDIC CARE PARTNERS HOLDINGS, LLC, ORTHOPEDIC CARE PARTNERS MANAGEMENT, LLC, LLOYD KIM, JR., M.D., VIJAY BABU, M.D., AND NOREEN BURCH, P.A.

Fla. 5th DCA | 2026-11-03
No. 2025-2112
Rogers, J., Makar, J., Wallis, J., Lambert, J.
2026 FL 14693 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2026)

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Holding

The trial court's judgment in favor of The Orthopaedic Institute, P.A., and the other defendants was proper and is affirmed on appeal.


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Per_curiam
Per Curiam

FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

Case No. 5D2025-2112 LT Case No. 2023-CA-001128

BRUCE LEONARD and PHYLLIS LEONARD,

Appellants,

V.

THE ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE, P.A., d/b/a The Orthopaedic Institute, ORTHOPEDIC CARE PARTNERS HOLDINGS, LLC,

ORTHOPEDIC CARE PARTNERS

MANAGEMENT, LLC, LLOYD KIM, JR., M.D., VIJAY, BABU, M.D., and NOREEN BURCH, P.A.,

Appellees.

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Marion County. Steven G. Rogers, Judge.

David M. Carter and Jason L. Odom, of Gould Cooksey Fennell, PLLC, Vero Beach, and David J. Sales, of Barnes Trial Group, Tampa, and Daniel R. Hoffman, of Stanley M. Rosenblatt, PA, Miami Beach, for Appellants.

Dinah S. Stein and Dean Kandi, of Hicks, Porter & Stein, P.A., Miami, and Louis La Cava and Jaclyn Jones, of La Cava Jacobson & Goodis, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee, The Orthopaedic Institute, P.A., d/b/a The Orthopaedic Institute.

No Appearance for Other Appellees.

November 3, 2026

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

MAKAR, WALLIS, and LAMBERT, JJ., concur.


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