Attorney Gary Michael Farmer's Legal Cases

Appeals

GEICO General Insurance Co. v. Virtual Imaging Services, Inc.

Jul 03, 2013

OUTCOME: Florida Supreme Court Ruling

on July 3, 2013, the Florida Supreme Court issued its opinion in the closely watched case of GEICO General Insurance Co. v. Virtual Imaging Services, Inc. Attorney Gary Farmer, Sr. served as counsel on ... behalf of the Florida Medical Association. At issue was the personal injury protection coverage and payments made for magnetic-resonance imaging tests that were performed after a Geico customer was injured in an auto accident in 2008. The court ruled that “state law allowed Geico to use the Medicare-based formula, but that the insurer needed to disclose its intent to do so,” and “In order to exercise the option, the insurer must provide notice in the policy of its election to use the fee schedules."

Class action

Ruderman v. Washington National Insurance Company

Jul 03, 2013

OUTCOME: Florida Supreme Court Ruling

class action brought on behalf of elderly Floridians who alleged that they had been denied benefits under home health care insurance policies. A settlement was reached which created an $8 million fund ... available to Florida seniors who were members of the settlement class. The Court found that the settlement provided a substantial benefit to these Florida seniors. On July 3, 2013, the Florida Supreme Court issued its opinion in Washington National Insurance Corporation, etc. v. Sydelle Ruderman, et al. that insurers cannot escape the terms of their own policies. Florida law requires insurance carriers to draft insurance policies clearly, and if they do not, they, not their policyholders, are responsible.

Appeals

Marshall v. Moore

N/A

OUTCOME:

745 So.2d 464 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999) (the prize for chutzpah)

Appeals

King ex rel. Murray v. Rojas

N/A

OUTCOME:

767 So.2d 510 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000) (birth injury caused by gynecological condition in mother at birth did not give immediate notice of negligence by neonatal pediatrician and hospital staff; limitations ... defense not determinable summarily by judge)

Appeals

State v. Marks

N/A

OUTCOME:

758 So.2d 1131, 1135-36 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000) (ethics of PI atty negotiating settlement)

Appeals

Meyer v. Caruso

N/A

OUTCOME:

731 So.2d 118 (Fla. 4th DCA1999) (limits of discretion to disqualify medical expert)

Appeals

Reynolds v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

N/A

OUTCOME:

611 So.2d 1294 (Fla. 4th DCA1992) (impact rule; arguing that long term cohabitation, planning to get married, enough to state claim for psychic damages).

Appeals

W.M. v. State

N/A

OUTCOME:

585 So.2d 979 (Fla.4th DCA 1991) (arguing that 10 year old cognitively impaired child not capable of waiving Miranda rights).

Appeals

Collazo v. State

N/A

OUTCOME:

966 So.2d 429 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007) (SCOF agreed with dissent in Mendenhall v. State, 48 So.3d 740)

Appeals

In re Adoption of Baby E.A.W.

N/A

OUTCOME:

647 So.2d 918 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994), approved, 658 So.2d 961 (Fla.1994) (arguing that unmarried birth father did not legally â€œconsent by abandonmentâ€ to adoption by being cold and indifferent to moth ... er during pregnancy).

Gary Michael Farmer's Legal Cases (23)

GEICO General Insurance Co. v. Virtual Imaging Services, Inc.

Ruderman v. Washington National Insurance Company

Marshall v. Moore

King ex rel. Murray v. Rojas

State v. Marks

Meyer v. Caruso

Reynolds v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

W.M. v. State

Collazo v. State

In re Adoption of Baby E.A.W.