Surgery Partners, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, P. A.
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledMarch 31, 2023
Docket2D22-1148
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
SURGERY PARTNERS, INC.,
Appellant,
v.
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA;
MARKEL AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY; FREEDOM SPECIALTY
INSURANCE COMPANY; XL SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY;
ENDURANCE RISK SOLUTIONS ASSURANCE CO.; ALLIED WORLD
NATIONAL ASSURANCE COMPANY; AXIS INSURANCE COMPANY;
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY; U.S. SPECIALTY INSURANCE
COMPANY; and UNKNOWN PARTIES,
Appellees.
No. 2D22-1148
March 31, 2023
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Darren D.
Farfante, Judge.
Stephanie A. Giagnorio of Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C.; Naples; and
Cheryl L. Kozdrey, Jeremiah M. Welch, Mollie H. Levy, and Eric M.
Clarkson of Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C., Temecula, California; for
Appellant.
Fredrick H.L. McClure and Lindsay Lopez of Trenam, Kemker, Scharf,
Barkin, Frye, O'Neill & Mullis, P.A., Tampa; and Joseph G. Finnerty, III,
Megan Shea Harwick, and Eric S. Connuck of DLA Piper LLP (US), New
York, New York, for Appellee National Union Fire Insurance Company of
Pittsburgh, PA.
Jason L. Margolin of Akerman LLP, Tampa, and Michael F. Perlis and
Richard R. Johnson of Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP, Woodland Hills,
California, for Appellee Markel American Insurance Company.
Michael J. Bradford of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin,
P.C., Tampa; Darius N. Kandawalla and Jordan W. Ziolkowski of Bailey
Cavalieri LLC, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee Freedom Specialty
Insurance Company
James M. Kaplan and Maria Kimijima of Kaplan Zeena, LLP, Miami; and
Charles C. Lemley of Wiley Rein, LLP, Washington, DC, for Attorney for
XL Specialty Insurance Company.
Rhett Parker of Phelps Dunbar, LLP, Tampa; Manuel Mungia, Jr., and
Chad W. Schreiber of Chasnoff Mungia Pepping & Stribling of San
Antonio, Texas, for Appellee Endurance Risk Solutions Assurance Co.
Kimberly N. Ramey of Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, Tampa; and
Leslie S. Ahari, of Clyde & Co US LLP, Washington, DC, for Appellees
Allied World National Assurance Company and AXIS Insurance
Company.
No appearance for Appellee U.S. Specialty Insurance Company.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed.
VILLANTI, LUCAS, and SMITH, JJ., Concur.
Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication.
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