UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY,
v.
MILLENNIUM RADIOLOGY, LLC, D/B/A MILLENNIUM OPEN MRI, ETC.,
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Collateral estoppel cannot be applied across multiple cases where the defendant's identity as an assignee changes based on different assignors in each case.
[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…
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“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
United Automobile Insurance Company appealed a county court decision involving Millennium Radiology, LLC, d/b/a Millennium Open MRI. The case involved…
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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida
Opinion filed June 22, 2022. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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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.
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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
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