BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA, INC. v. WEINER

Nos. 4-86-2899, 4-86-2924, 4-86-2925, 4-86-2926 and 4-86-2927.

543 So.2d 794 (1989)

BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA, INC., Appellant, v. Robert WEINER, Margaret Weiner, Mark Weiner and Robert Weiner As Personal Representative of the Estate of Steven Weiner, Blue Cross of Maryland, Inc., Blue Shield of Maryland, Inc., Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maryland, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan C. Sundberg and Sylvia Walbolt of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith, Cutler & Kent, P.A., Tampa; Esler & Kirschbaum, P.A., Fort Lauderdale; Podhurst, Orseck, Parks, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow & Olin, Miami; for appellant.

Joan Fowler and G. Bart Billbrough of Walton Lantaff Schroeder & Carson, West Palm Beach, for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Maryland, Inc., Blue Cross of Maryland, Inc., and Blue Shield of Maryland, Inc.

Larry S. Stewart and James B. Tilghman, Jr., of Stewart Tilghman Fox & Bianchi, P.A., Miami, for appellees-Weiner.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 19, 1989.

STONE, Judge.

This is a consolidated appeal from a final judgment in favor of the Weiners, the insureds, against Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (Florida) and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maryland (Maryland). The jury returned a verdict against both companies on claims of fraud and intentional infliction of emotional distress, and against Maryland on negligence as well.

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