(DOWNLOAD) "Florida Aviation Academy v. Charter Air Center" by First District. District Court of Appeal of Florida # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Florida Aviation Academy v. Charter Air Center
- Author : First District. District Court of Appeal of Florida
- Release Date : January 03, 1984
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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Gonzalez was covered by $10,000 in personal injury protection benefits with Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) when he was seriously hurt in an automobile accident on June 26, 1985. He was treated at Lee Memorial Hospital, which liened GEICO for its bill, see Fernandez v. South Carolina Ins. Co., 408 So.2d 753 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982), pet. for review denied, 417 So.2d 329 (Fla. 1982); Gonzalezs attorney, however, notified the company that other health insurance was available to cover the hospital expenses and demanded that the PIP benefits be paid directly to the insured as lost wages. Cf. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Chacon, 385 So.2d 179 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980)(per curiam); Holloway v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 370 So.2d 452 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979). Faced with these supposedly conflicting claims, GEICO, although it consistently took the position that, because of the extent of the injuries, it undoubtedly owed the $10,000 in PIP to someone, actually paid no one for an unacceptably lengthy period of time. Despite a PIP notice, accompanied by a lost wages form, which was mailed on October 11, 1985, and the filing of this action on November 26, 1985, GEICO continued to refuse to make any PIP payments whatever. Indeed, although the hospital authorized a release of its claim on February 13, 1986 -- thus confirming the accuracy of plaintiffs counsels representations -- the $10,000, now clearly available for lost wages, was not paid to Gonzalez until April 15, 1986.
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