Case Name: FEDERATED NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. PHYSICIANS CHARTER SERVICES, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-07-05
Citations: 788 So. 2d 403
Docket Number: Nos. 3D00-2094, 3D00-2093, 3D00-2092
Parties: FEDERATED NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. PHYSICIANS CHARTER SERVICES, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GERSTEN, and GODERICH, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 788
Pages: 403–404

Head Matter:
FEDERATED NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. PHYSICIANS CHARTER SERVICES, Appellee.
Nos. 3D00-2094, 3D00-2093, 3D00-2092.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
July 5, 2001.
Conroy, Simberg, Ganon, Krevans & Abel, and Hinda Klein (Hollywood), for appellant.
Frank E. Amsalem, North Miami Beach, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GERSTEN, and GODERICH, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the three separate summary judgments rendered in declaratory judgment actions brought by appellee, Physicians Charter Services, Inc. ("PCS"), against appellant, Federated National Insurance Company ("Federated").
PCS is not entitled to recover Personal Injury Protection (PIP) benefits for magnetic resonance imaging services allegedly provided to Federated's insureds, because PCS does not perform necessary medical services and is not a "physician, hospital, clinic, or other person or institution lawfully rendering treatment to an injured person for a bodily injury covered by PIP insurance." § 627.736, Fla. Stat. (2000). There is no provision in Florida's personal injury protection statutes for the payment of policy benefits to a third party who has not performed medical services. Thus the trial court erred' in finding Federated liable for payment of PIP benefits to PCS, and in granting the final summary judgments in favor of PCS. Accordingly, the orders below are reversed.
Reversed.