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

Fla. 3d DCA | 2022-06-22
No. 21-1864
Moore, J., Emas, J., Logue, J., Gordo, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2022)

AI-generated. These summaries, headnotes, and key points are machine-generated and may contain errors or omissions. Always verify against the full opinion text below. Not legal advice.


Holding

Collateral estoppel cannot be applied across multiple cases where the defendant's identity as an assignee changes based on different assignors in each case.


Headnotes

[1] The identity element of collateral estoppel is not satisfied when a defendant's status as an assignee varies across multiple cases because the defendant draws its identit…

Previewing 1 of 1 headnotes on this case. FLexlaw’s editorially structured points of law — every proposition, pinpointed — are reserved for members.

Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence

Key Quotes

“The real party in interest is Millennium as an assignee, not Millennium in its individual capacity as the provider of the medical services for each insured. 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.”

Court's explanation of why collateral estoppel does not apply across the multiple cases

Facts & Procedural History

United Automobile Insurance Company appealed a county court decision involving Millennium Radiology, LLC, d/b/a Millennium Open MRI. The case involved…

The full statement of facts, procedural history, and disposition for this case are member content.

Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence

© FLexlaw, Inc. — AI-generated enrichments are proprietary. All rights reserved.


Opinion of the Court

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed June 22, 2022. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

________________

No. 3D21-1864 Lower Tribunal No. 13-126 SP ________________

United Automobile Insurance Company, Appellant,

vs.

Millennium Radiology, LLC, d/b/a Millennium Open MRI, etc., Appellee.

An Appeal from the County Court for Miami-Dade County, Natalie Moore, 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 EMAS, LOGUE and GORDO, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

2

We reverse and remand, consistent with our recent decisions in United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, No. 3D21-2094 (Fla. 3d DCA June 15, 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D807, 2022 WL 1020116 (Fla. 3d DCA Apr. 6, 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D806, 2022 WL 1020096 (Fla. 3d DCA Apr. 6, 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D780, 2022 WL 945466 (Fla. 3d DCA Mar. 30, 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D698, 2022 WL 852537 (Fla. 3d DCA Mar. 23, 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 335 So. 3d 1270 (Fla. 3d DCA 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D661, 2022 WL 790332 (Fla. 3d DCA Mar. 16, 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D661, 2022 WL 790312 (Fla. 3d DCA Mar. 16, 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D661, 2022 WL 790309 (Fla. 3d DCA Mar. 16, 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D661, 2022 WL 790275 (Fla. 3d DCA Mar. 16, 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D661, 2022 WL 790299 (Fla. 3d DCA

Footnotes
3 Mar. 16, 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D660, 2022 WL 790411 (Fla. 3d DCA Mar. 16, 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D660, 2022 WL 790322 (Fla. 3d DCA Mar. 16, 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D660, 2022 WL 790452 (Fla. 3d DCA Mar. 16, 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D656, 2022 WL 790329 (Fla. 3d DCA Mar. 16, 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D656, 2022 WL 790303 (Fla. 3d DCA Mar. 16, 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D595, 2022 WL 697029 (Fla. 3d DCA Mar. 9, 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D591, 2022 WL 697387 (Fla. 3d DCA Mar. 9, 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D501, 2022 WL 532751 (Fla. 3d DCA Feb. 23, 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Best American Diagnostic Center, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D501, 2022 WL 532752 (Fla. 3d DCA Feb. 23, 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D429, 2022 WL 468152 (Fla. 3d DCA Feb. 16, 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D428, 2022
4 WL 468118 (Fla. 3d DCA Feb. 16, 2022); United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D175, 2022 WL 107604 at *3 (Fla. 3d DCA Jan. 12, 2022) (“The real party in interest is Millennium as an assignee, not Millennium in its individual capacity as the provider of the medical services for each insured. 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.”) (internal citations omitted).

Cases With Similar Vibessemantic neighbors from the corpus


Citator

Authorities Cited

Full citator, related cases, and AI research tools

Open in FLexlaw