Legal Opinion

Humana Health Plans v. Lawton

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 31, 1996No. 95-176PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

675 So.2d 1382 (1996)

HUMANA HEALTH PLANS, Appellant,

v.

Heather LAWTON, etc., et al., Appellees.

No. 95-176.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 31, 1996.

Rehearing Denied July 10, 1996.

Tristan W. Sanders, Orlando, for Appellant.

Ava F. Tunstall and Joseph R. Flood, Jr., of Dean, Ringers, Morgan and Lawton, P.A., Orlando, for Appellees.

PETERSON, Chief Judge.

Humana Health Plans appeals the denial of its motion to intervene in a products liability suit brought by Heather Lawton for the benefit of her son, Brandan Wormsbacher. We reverse.

Four-year-old Brandan was injured by the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Carlile v. GAME AND FRESH WATER FISH COM'NSupreme Court of Florida · 1977
  2. Morgareidge v. HoweySupreme Court of Florida · 1918
  3. Union Cent. Life Ins. Co. v. CarlisleSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
  4. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF INTERNAL IMP. TR. FUND v. Sand Key Assoc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1987
  5. Magsipoc v. LarsenDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994

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3Cited by15 opinions

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  4. Timko v. TriarsiDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005
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