Case Name: Herbert PARDELL, D.O., Appellant, v. HUMANA MEDICAL PLAN, INC., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-05-21
Citations: 580 So. 2d 286
Docket Number: No. 90-2829
Parties: Herbert PARDELL, D.O., Appellant, v. HUMANA MEDICAL PLAN, INC., Appellee.
Judges: Before HUBBART, BASKIN and COPE, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 580
Pages: 286–287

Head Matter:
Herbert PARDELL, D.O., Appellant, v. HUMANA MEDICAL PLAN, INC., Appellee.
No. 90-2829.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 21, 1991.
Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston, Dunwody & Cole and Philip A. Allen, III, Miami, for appellant.
Conrad, Scherer & James and Susan L. Dolin, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellee.
Before HUBBART, BASKIN and COPE, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Assuming that the point is not foreclosed by the law of the case doctrine, we conclude that a health maintenance organization which conducts peer review of physicians under section 766.101, Florida Statutes (1989), is a "person" entitled to attorney's fees and costs as a prevailing defendant under paragraph 766.101(6)(a). See § 1.01(3), Fla.Stat. (1989).
Affirmed.