UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
v.
MILLENNIUM RADIOLOGY, LLC, D/B/A MILLENNIUM OPEN MRI, A/A/O ALI LEONARDO

Fla. 3d DCA | 2022-03-30
No. 21-0716
Finz
47 Fla. L. Weekly D175 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2022)

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Holding

Collateral estoppel does not bar an insurance company from challenging the reasonableness of the cost of MRI procedures performed by a medical provider.


Headnotes

[1] Collateral estoppel does not bar a party from challenging the reasonableness of medical procedure costs in a subsequent action based on a prior determination of such char…

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Facts & Procedural History

United Automobile Insurance Company sought to challenge the reasonableness of MRI procedure costs charged by Millennium Radiology. The trial court gra…

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Opinion of the Court

Opinion filed March 30, 2022. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

________________ No. 3D21-0716 Lower Tribunal No. 12-13148 SP ________________

United Automobile Insurance Company,

Appellant,

vs.

Millennium Radiology, LLC, d/b/a Millennium Open MRI, a/a/o Ali Leonardo, Appellee.

An Appeal from the County Court for Miami-Dade County, Chiaka Ihekwaba, Judge. Michael J. Neimand, for appellant. Marks & Fleischer P.A., and Gary Marks (Ft. Lauderdale); David B. Pakula, P.A., and David B. Pakula (Pembroke Pines), for appellee. Before SCALES, LINDSEY, and MILLER, JJ. PER CURIAM.

Appellant United Automobile Insurance Company appeals from a final summary judgment entered in favor of Appellee Millennium Radiology, LLC.

The trial court concluded that United Automobile was collaterally estopped from challenging the reasonableness of the cost of MRI procedures that Millennium performed. For the reasons set forth in United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D175 (Fla. 3d DCA Jan. 12, 2022), which addressed the same issue, we reverse.1 Reversed and remanded.

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1 We recognize that the trial court did not have the benefit of this recent decision.

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