UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY,
v.
MILLENNIUM RADIOLOGY, LLC, D/B/A MILLENNIUM OPEN MRI, A/A/O YADIRA COSTA,
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Collateral estoppel does not apply when the defendant's identity is not the same across cases because the defendant draws its identity from different assignors in each case.
[1] The identity element of collateral estoppel is not satisfied when a defendant's identity varies across cases because the defendant draws its identity from different assig…
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“Millennium's 'identity' is not the same in each of these cases against United Auto; Millennium draws its identity from its assignor from case to case. The identity element of collateral estoppel, therefore, is not satisfied.”
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United Automobile Insurance Company appealed a county court decision involving Millennium Radiology, LLC, d/b/a Millennium Open MRI, in a case related…
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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida
Opinion filed March 23, 2022. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________
No. 3D21-322 Lower Tribunal Nos. 12-8712 SP & 20-275 AP ________________
United Automobile Insurance Company, Appellant,
vs.
Millennium Radiology, LLC, d/b/a Millennium Open MRI, a/a/o Yadira Costa, Appellee.
An Appeal from the County Court for Miami-Dade County, Ayana Harris, Judge.
Michael J. Neimand, for appellant.
David B. Pakula, P.A. and David B. Pakula (Pembroke Pines); Marks & Fleischer, P. A., and Gary Marks (Fort Lauderdale), for appellee.
Before LOGUE, LINDSEY, and LOBREE, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
We reverse and remand consistent with our recent decision in United Automobile Insurance Company v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L.