the charges submitted. Nothing in the PIP statute invalidates the
policy provisions authorizing such payments. On the contrary,
those provisions faithfully carry out the statutory mandate to pay
80% of reasonable expenses for medical services. Having answered
the rephrased certified question, we return this case to the Eleventh
Circuit Court of Appeals.
It is so ordered.
MUÑIZ, C.J., and CANADY, LABARGA, COURIEL, GROSSHANS,
and FRANCIS, JJ., concur.
SASSO, J., did not participate.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION
AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED.
Certified Question of Law from the United States Court of Appeals
for the Eleventh Circuit – Case No. 21-10559
Richard C. Godfrey of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP,
Chicago, Illinois; Peter J. Valeta of Cozen O’Connor, Chicago,
Illinois; and Alexandra J. Schultz of Cozen O’Connor, West Palm
Beach, Florida,
for Appellants
Chad A. Barr of Chad Barr Law, Altamonte Springs, Florida; Alyson
M. Laderman of Akylade, LLC, Longwood, Florida; and Lawrence M.
Kopelman of Lawrence M. Kopelman, P.A., Plantation, Florida,
for Appellee
Marcy Levine Aldrich and Nancy A. Copperthwaite of Akerman LLP,
Miami, Florida,