Volume 11

11 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 441c

Insurance — Personal injury protection — Discovery — Depositions — Expert witness fee — Treating physician who is employee of plaintiff medical provider is not entitled to expert witness fee for deposition testimony where role in case is that of “fact” witness

11 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 827c

Insurance — Personal injury protection — Discovery — Depositions — Expert witness fee — Motion of treating physician of plaintiff/insured for expert witness fee for deposition testimony is denied without prejudice to renewal upon conclusion of physician’s deposition

11 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 829b

Insurance — Personal injury protection — Discovery — Depositions — Expert witness fee — Treating physician of insured is not entitled to expert witness fee for deposition testimony regarding what physician did and why he did it but may request fee if insurer begins inquiry into matters requiring expert opinion

11 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 676b

Insurance — Personal injury protection — Discovery — Depositions — Expert witness fee — Treating physicians are fact witnesses not entitled to deposition fees

11 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 635b

Torts — Personal injury — Automobile accident — Action against municipal corporation — Discovery — Depositions — Expert witness fee — Plaintiff’s treating physician is entitled to expert witness fee for deposition testimony regarding care, treatment, coding, and billing even though physician has accepted assignment of personal injury protection benefits and letter of protection from plaintiff

11 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 461a

Insurance — Personal injury protection — Discovery — Depositions — Expert witness fee — Treating physician is not entitled to expert witness fee for deposition testimony, but deposition will take place at plaintiff’s medical facility — Documents — Physician is ordered to produce material and correspondence relative to examination and treatment rendered at any time to insured and agreements between physician and plaintiff that show physician is plaintiff’s corporate representative

11 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 458a

Insurance — Personal injury protection — Discovery — Depositions — Expert witness fee — Treating physician must sit for deposition without payment of expert witness fee

11 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 352b

Insurance — Personal injury protection — Discovery — Depositions — Expert witness fee — Treating physician qualifies as expert witness entitled to fee for deposition testimony — $400 per hour is reasonable fee — Question certified: Is a treating physician, who has not been retained or specially employed by another party in anticipation of litigation or preparation for trial, entitled to an expert witness deposition fee under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.390?

11 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 351a

Insurance — Personal injury protection — Discovery — Depositions — Expert witness fee — Treating physician qualifies as expert witness entitled to fee for deposition testimony — $400 per hour is reasonable fee — Question certified

11 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 342a

Insurance — Personal injury protection — Discovery — Depositions — Expert witness fees — Treating physician is not entitled to expert witness fee for deposition testimony