Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2022

SHANTELL L. RICHARDSON v. WELL STATES HEALTHCARE

SHANTELL L. RICHARDSON v. WELL STATES HEALTHCARE
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided August 17, 2022

SHANTELL L. RICHARDSON v. WELL STATES HEALTHCARE

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed August 17, 2022.

Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

________________ No. 3D21-0914 Lower Tribunal No. 18-13312 ________________

Shantell L. Richardson, Appellant, vs. Well States Healthcare, et al., Appellees.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Migna Sanchez-Llorens, Judge.

Toth Funes PA, and Freddy Funes, for appellant.

Johnson, Cassidy, Newlon & DeCort, P.A., and Christopher L. DeCort and Nicole Deese Newlon (Tampa); Bivins & Hemenway, P.A., and Kelly D.

Haywood (Valrico), for appellee Well States Healthcare.

Before EMAS, HENDON and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Fernandez v. Homestar at Miller Cove, Inc., 935 So. 2d 547, 551 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006) (observing that where an agreement is “clear and unambiguous . . . ‘a court is powerless to rewrite the contract to make it more reasonable or advantageous for one of the contracting parties’”) (quoting in part Emergency Assocs. of Tampa, P.A. v. Sassano, 664 So. 2d 1000, 1003 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995)); see also A.J. v State, 677 So. 2d 935, 937 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996) (“The patient’s express or implied acceptance of the provider’s estimate gives rise to an enforceable contract to pay the amount of the bill.”).

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