Bruce Leonard and Phyllis Leonard v. the Orthopaedic Institute, P.A. D/B/A the Orthopaedic Institute, Orthopedic Care Partners Holdings, LLC, Orthopedic Care Partners Management, LLC, Lloyd Kim, Jr., M.D., Vijay Babu, M.D., and Noreen Burch, P.A.
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledNovember 3, 2026
Docket5D2025-2112
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Case No. 5D2025-2112
LT Case No. 2023-CA-001128
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BRUCE LEONARD and PHYLLIS
LEONARD,
Appellants,
v.
THE ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE,
P.A., d/b/a The Orthopaedic
Institute, ORTHOPEDIC CARE
PARTNERS HOLDINGS, LLC,
ORTHOPEDIC CARE PARTNERS
MANAGEMENT, LLC, LLOYD KIM,
JR., M.D., VIJAY, BABU, M.D.,
and NOREEN BURCH, P.A.,
Appellees.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Marion County.
Steven G. Rogers, Judge.
David M. Carter and Jason L. Odom, of Gould Cooksey Fennell,
PLLC, Vero Beach, and David J. Sales, of Barnes Trial Group,
Tampa, and Daniel R. Hoffman, of Stanley M. Rosenblatt, PA,
Miami Beach, for Appellants.
Dinah S. Stein and Dean Kandi, of Hicks, Porter & Stein, P.A.,
Miami, and Louis La Cava and Jaclyn Jones, of La Cava
Jacobson & Goodis, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee, The Orthopaedic
Institute, P.A., d/b/a The Orthopaedic Institute.
No Appearance for Other Appellees.
November 3, 2026
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED.
MAKAR, WALLIS, and LAMBERT, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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