Progressive American Insurance Co. v. Belcher

SHARP, Judge.

Progressive American Insurance Company petitions this court for a writ of certio-rari to review and overturn the decision of the circuit court sitting in its appellate capacity.1 The circuit court ruled that Belch-er and Bradford, insured by petitioner, could not be required to submit to an independent medical examination by an orthopedic surgeon whose office was located in Altamonte Springs, Florida, pursuant to section 627.736(7)(a), Florida Statutes (1985), because there were qualified medical physicians and chiropractors with offices in cities closer to the insureds’…