United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Buckner

Florida District Courts of Appeal
United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Buckner, 425 So. 2d 1160 (1983)
1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 27538
Baskin, Ferguson, Schwartz

United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Buckner

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

A policy of insurance naming the Key West Medical Association, Inc. (d/b/a De-Poo Hospital) as the insured, and providing for the Association and its board coverage against damage or loss which results from the rendering of “professional services ... while acting within the scope of [their] duties ... ”, did not provide coverage where two members of the hospital’s board of directors conspired “illegally, fraudulently and ultra vires ” to injure the medical practice of plaintiff physicians, (emphasis supplied). See Buckner v. Physicians Protective Trust Fund, 376 So.2d 461 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979).

Reversed and remanded with instructions to enter judgment for appellant.

Reference

Full Case Name
UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY CO., a foreign corporation v. John W. BUCKNER, M.D., Stanley Coira, M.D., Miguel Bisen, M.D., and Karl M. Davidson, M.D., DePoo Hospital, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Olga DePoo, a Personal Representative of the Estate of Julio J. DePoo, M.D., and Key West Medical Association, Inc., a Florida Corporation
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