Case Name: MAGNETIC IMAGING SYSTEMS I, LTD., Petitioner, v. AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE CO., Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-10-11
Citations: 775 So. 2d 348
Docket Number: Nos. 3D00-1581, 3D00-2318
Parties: MAGNETIC IMAGING SYSTEMS I, LTD., Petitioner, v. AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE CO., Respondent.
Judges: Before JORGENSON, COPE, and RAMIREZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 775
Pages: 348–349

Head Matter:
MAGNETIC IMAGING SYSTEMS I, LTD., Petitioner, v. AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE CO., Respondent.
Nos. 3D00-1581, 3D00-2318.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 11, 2000.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 17, 2001.
Sheftall & Torres and Brian M. Torres, Miami; Zebersky Payne & Kushner, Hollywood, for petitioners.
Rywant Alvarez Jones & Russo, Indian Shores; Hicks, Anderson & Kneale, Ralph Anderson and Gary A. Magnarini, Miami; Weinstein, Bavly & Moon and Albert Moon, Miami, for respondents.
Before JORGENSON, COPE, and RAMIREZ, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The petitioners are medical providers who sued automobile insurers to recover personal injury protection (PIP) benefits on behalf of PIP claimants. The respective trial courts granted the respondents' motions to stay and compel arbitration pursuant to section 627.736(5), Florida Statutes, and denied the petitioners' subse quent motions for reconsideration. The petitioners seek certiorari review of those orders.
We grant certiorari and quash the orders below on the authority of Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Pinnacle Medical, Inc., 758 So.2d 55, 59 (Fla.2000)(holding the mandatory arbitration provision in section 627.736(5) unconstitutional as it denies medical providers access to courts).
Certiorari granted; orders quashed; remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.