BRISTOL HOTEL MANAGEMENT v. AETNA CAS. & SUR.

No. 97-2240-CIV.

20 F.Supp.2d 1345 (1998)

BRISTOL HOTEL MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida.

August 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Oliver Burt, III, Michael J. Pucillo, R. Scott Palmer, Burt & Pucillo, West Palm Beach, Fl, for Plaintiffs.

Melvyn I. Weiss, Richard H. Weiss, Deborah Clark-Weintraub, Stephen H. Schwartz, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, New York City, Fred Misko, Jr, Charles E. Ames, Fred Misko, Jr., P.C., Dallas, TX, Michael C. Dodge, Brian Casey, Dodge & Associates, P.C., Dallas, TX, Roberto Martinez, Colson, Hicks, Eidson, Colson & Matthews, Miami, FL, for Travelers & Aetna Ins. Companies.

Christopher Seeger, Weissman & Seeger, New York City, for Plaintiffs.

Richard L. Williams, Miami, FL, Martin L. Steinberg, Holland & Knight, Miami, FL, for Cigna Corp.

Richard H. Critchlow, Kenny, Nachwalter, et al., Miami, FL, for The Kemper Group.

Thomas M. Sherouse, Anderson, Moss, Sherouse & Petros, P.A., Miami, FL, for The Hartford.

D. David Keller, Bunnell, Woulfe, Kirshbaum, Keller & McIntyre, P .A., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Ohio Cas. Ins. Co. a/k/a/ The Ohio Cas. Group, American Fire and Cas. Co., West American Ins. Co.

Steven E.M. Hartz, Nina K. Brown, Akerman, SEnterfitt & Eidson, P .A., Miami, FL, for CNA & Liberty Mut.

Richard M. Dunn, Rubin, Baum, Levin, et al., Miami, FL, for Employers Ins. of Wausau.

Michael L. McCluggage, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, IL, for CNA Ins.

Curtis L. Frisbie, Jr., Mark W. Bayer, Randy D. Gordon, Gardere & Wynne, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for AIU Ins. Co., American Home Assur. Co., American Intern. Group.

Ed Kaufman, Alan M. Grunspan, Kaufman, Miller, Dickstein & Grunspan, P.A., Miami, FL, James R. Safley, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, Robert C. Walters, Russell Yager, Brian E. Robison, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Francis Anania, Donald Blackwell, Anania, Bandklayder & Blackwell, Miami, FL, for Johnson & Higgins.

Hendrik G. Milne, Craig P. Kalil, Aballi, Milne, Kalil & Garrigo, P.A., Miami, FL, Robert Scott Newman, Marlow, Connell, Valerius, Abrams & Adler, Miami, FL, Cathy S. Reiman, Cummings & Lockwood, Naples, FL, Mark Hicks, Hicks & Anderson, P.A., Miami, FL, Daniel C. Brown, Kenneth W. Donnelly, Katz, Kutter, Haigler, Alderman, Bryant & Yon, Tallahassee, FL, for General Acc. Ins. Companies.

M. Stephen Smith, Joshua D. Lerner, Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, P .A., Miami, FL, Thomas E. Manick, Adorno & Zeder, Miami, FL, for TIG Group.

David S. Mandel, David S. Mandel, P.A., Miami, FL, for American Financial.

Billy R. McGill, David Moran, Kevin T. Crocker, Jackson & Walker, LLP, Dallas, TX, for Chubb Indem. Ins. Co., Federal Ins. Co., Great Northern Ins. Co., Pacific Indem. Co. and Vigilant Ins. Co.

Daniel F. Beasley, Patrick E. Gonya, Fowler, White, et al., Miami, Florida, for Old Republic Group.

Barry R. Bell, Lyman G. Hughes, Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Cigna Corp., Bankers Standard Fire and Marine Co., Bankers Standard Ins. Co., Century Indem. Co., Cigna Employers Ins. Co., Cigna Fire Underwriters Ins. Co., Cigna Ins. Co., Cigna Property and Cas. Ins. Co., Indem. Ins. Co. of N.A., Ins. Co. of N.A., Pacific Employers Ins. Co.

Douglas B. Brown, Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, P.A., Orlando, Florida, for Coregis Ins. Co.

Guy C. Quinlan, Gary R. Carney, Jr., Rogers & Wells, New York City, L. Louis Mrachek, Gunster, Yoakley, Valdes-Fauli & Stewart, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, for NCCI.


ORDER OF DISMISSAL

MORENO, District Judge.

This case is a class action suit alleging a wide-spread conspiracy on the part of numerous insurance companies to charge illegally high prices for workers' compensation insurance policies in Florida. Because the Court concludes that the McCarran-Ferguson Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1011 et seq., bars the Plaintiffs' federal claims in their entirety, the Court grants the Defendants' motions to dismiss and...

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