Case Name: Tamara DUNCAN, Petitioner, v. UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2010-11-10
Citations: 49 So. 3d 312
Docket Number: No. 3D10-687
Parties: Tamara DUNCAN, Petitioner, v. UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.
Judges: Before RAMIREZ, C.J., and GERSTEN and SALTER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 49
Pages: 312–315

Head Matter:
Tamara DUNCAN, Petitioner, v. UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.
No. 3D10-687.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 10, 2010.
Opinion Denying Rehearing Dec. 22, 2010.
Lopez & Best, and Virginia M. Best, for petitioner.
Thomas L. Hunker, Miami, for respondent.
Before RAMIREZ, C.J., and GERSTEN and SALTER, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Tamara Duncan petitions for second-tier certiorari review of an order entered by the appellate division of the circuit court reversing a final summary judgment which the trial court entered in a case involving a suit for personal injury protection (PIP) benefits. We deny the petition because the petitioner has an adequate remedy on appeal.
Certiorari review of non-final orders under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.030(b)(2)(A) is "an extraordinary remedy which should not be used to circumvent the interlocutory appeal rule which authorizes appeal from only a few types of non-final orders." State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Peters, 611 So.2d 597, 598 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993). Furthermore, we remind counsel that a certiorari petition must satisfy three requirements before a district court can grant relief from an erroneous interlocutory order. "A petitioner must establish (1) a departure from the essential requirements of the law, (2) resulting in material injury for the remainder of the trial (3) that cannot be corrected on postjudgment appeal." Parkway Bank v. Fort Myers Armature Works, Inc., 658 So.2d 646, 648 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995).
Accordingly, we deny the petition because the petitioner has an adequate remedy on appeal.