A divided state appellate court refused to accept jurisdiction on an insurance question, after siding with the insurer in a similar case in July.
The Florida Third District Court of Appeal Wednesday rejected an interpretive question on insurance policy language outlining payments for medical companies that treat injured accident victims. It refused a request for a writ of certiorari from Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Co. to quash lower tribunal rulings in favor of medical providers seeking higher payments under personal injury protection, or PIP, policies.
|Allegations of vague policy language
Providers in cases across the state allege Allstate and other insurers use vague language that falls short of specifying fees paid for services to insured patients after car accidents. Their litigation raised a similar question before the courts: Does the language of PIP policies provide adequate notice of limited reimbursement under Medicare Part B fee schedules?
At trial and on appeal before Miami-Dade Circuit Court's appellate division, Allstate lost to medical provider Hallandale Open MRI LLC. But it raised a challenge amid widespread splits within state and local courts. Its 2-1 rejection by the Third DCA this week followed a favorable ruling in that court in a similar case in July.
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Samantha Joseph
Samantha Joseph is co-head of the Litigation Desk in ALM's global newsroom. Grad school: Newhouse Syracuse. Contact: [email protected]. On Twitter: @SjosephWriter
