16 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 392b
Online Reference: FLWSUPP 165CRUZ
Insurance — Personal injury protection — Evidence — Peer review report — Error to strike report where relevant records had already been filed by medical provider
UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO., Appellant, v. PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL GROUP, INC., a/a/o LUIS CRUZ, Appellee. Circuit Court, 11th Judicial Circuit (Appellate) in and for Miami-Dade County. Case Nos. 08-050 AP and 08-136 AP. L.T. Case No. 06-017656 CC 25 (03). March 4, 2009. An appeal from a decision entered by the County Court, Miami-Dade County, Jacqueline Schwartz, Judge. Counsel: Thomas L. Hunker, United Automobile Insurance Company, Office of General Counsel, for Appellant. Jose R. Iglesia, Chelin Vazquez Sampedro, and Virginia M. Best, Jose R. Iglesia & Associates, Inc., for Appellee.
(Before: THOMAS S. WILSON, JR., MICHAEL A. GENDEN, and IVAN F. FERNANDEZ, JJ.)AMENDED OPINION
(Per Curiam.) The trial court erred when it struck Dr. Glazer’s peer review report when all of the relevant records had already been filed by the Plaintiff/Appellee. See United Auto. Ins. Co. v. Fla. Inst. of Pain, 15 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 569a (Fla. 11th Cir. Ct. Mar. 26, 2008); United Auto. Ins. Co. v. Quality Med. Group, Inc., a/a/o Briceida Barcenas, 15 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 567a (Fla. 11th Cir. Ct. Mar. 26, 2008); United Auto. Ins. Co. v. Stand-Up MRI of Miami, P.A., a/a/o Idiana Marcos, 15 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 319a (Fla. 11th Cir. Ct. Feb. 1, 2008).
REVERSED and REMANDED for a new trial.
