18 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 417b

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Insurance — Personal injury protection — Where amount of damages sought is $4.37, doctrine of de minimis non curat lex precludes lawsuit

FLORIDA MRI INC, (a/a/o Monica Maley), Plaintiff(s), vs. ALL STATE INDEMNITY COMPANY, Defendant(s). County Court, 17th Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County. Case No. COCE 10-16979 (52). January 20, 2011. Leonard Feiner, Judge.

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

THIS CAUSE, having come before the Court at Small Claims Pre-Trial Conference upon Plaintiff, FLORIDA MRI, INC’S., Statement of Claim/Complaint for Damages in a PIP suit, the parties having failed to reach a settlement after Court ordered mediation, the Court finds that the amount of damages sought in this case is $ 4.37, an amount “so trifling” as to “preclude the very litigation at issue” under the doctrine of de minimis non curat lex. See United Automobile Insurance Company vs. Marta S. Alfonso, 17 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 887[a], (2010), 11th Judicial Circuit sitting in its appellate capacity.

Accordingly, it is,

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Statement of Claim/Complaint herein be and the same in hereby DISMISSED.