UNION CENT. LIFE INS. CO. v. CARLISLE

Nos. 89-1370, 89-1879.

566 So.2d 1335 (1990)

UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Danielle CARLISLE, through Her Guardians and Parents, Deborah Carlisle, Individually, As Mother of Danielle Carlisle, and Edward Carlisle, Individually, As Father of Danielle Carlisle, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Motion to Lift Stay Denied October 19, 1990.

Rehearing Denied October 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Thornton of Thornton & Mastrucci, P.A., and Jeanne Heyward, Miami, for appellant.

Gene K. Glasser and Mary Jo Meives of Abrams, Anton, Robbins, Resnick & Schneider, P.A., Hollywood, for appellees.


LETTS, Judge.

In a medical malpractice action, the insurer, which had paid out $514,000 in health benefits under a group policy, was denied the right to intervene in the main suit brought by the injured party. We affirm.

Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.230 provides that "Anyone claiming an interest in pending litigation may at any time be permitted to assert his right of intervention." (emphasis supplied.) Obviously, this is a very broad directive...

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