Holmes Regional Medical Center, Inc. v. Allstate Insurance Company

This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the Fifth., District Court of Appeal in Allstate Insurance Co. v. Theodotou, 171 So.3d 163 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015). In its decision, the district court ruled upon the following question which the court certified to be of great public importance:

IS A PARTY THAT HAS HAD JUDGMENT ENTERED AGAINST IT ENTITLED TO SEEK EQUITABLE SUBROGATION FROM A SUBSEQUENT TORTFEASOR WHEN THE JUDGMENT has not BEEN fully SATISFIED?

Id. at 168. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. For the reasons that follow, we answer the certified question…