Case Name: GENERAL CONFERENCE OF the SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS, Appellant, v. Shanthabai SMITH, et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1988-08-02
Citations: 528 So. 2d 999
Docket Number: No. 87-2432
Parties: GENERAL CONFERENCE OF the SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS, Appellant, v. Shanthabai SMITH, et al., Appellees.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 528
Pages: 999–999

Head Matter:
GENERAL CONFERENCE OF the SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS, Appellant, v. Shanthabai SMITH, et al., Appellees.
No. 87-2432.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Aug. 2, 1988.
Conroy, Simberg & Lewis, Hollywood, and Henry T. Wihnyk, for appellant.
Keyfetz, Poses & Halpern, Miami, for appellees.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
On the authority of Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Chambers, 526 So.2d 66 (Fla.1988), overruling American Motorist Ins. Co. v. Coll, 479 So.2d 156 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985), review denied, 488 So.2d 829 (Fla.1986), upon which the trial court then correctly relied below, the order denying a claim of compensation lien filed by the employer in a medical malpractice action arising in the course of the plaintiff's employment is reversed and the cause remanded with directions to fix an appropriate lien in favor of the appellant. Accord Marriott InFlight Servs. v. Arza, 528 So.2d 135 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988).