Walter J. Mathews, P.A.
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Representative Cases

The Watershed Treatment Programs, Inc. v. United HealthCare Ins. Co., No. 07cv80091, 2007 WL 1099124 (S.D. Fla. Apr. 10, 2007).  Order dismissing with prejudice The Watershed’s civil conspiracy and declaratory judgment causes against United HealthCare Insurance, United Behavioral Health, and Ingenix. 

Wyatt v. CIGNA Corp., 951 So. 2d 846 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007).  Per curiam affirmance of order dismissing suit against Connecticut General Life Insurance Company for failure to prosecute.

Lower Florida Keys Health Systems, Inc. v. Beacon Health Plans, Inc., 946 So. 2d 85 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006).  Order affirming enforcement of settlement agreement in favor of Beacon Health Plans and upholding Beacon’s setoffs against current claims. 

Jacksonville Emergency Consultants, P.A. v. Vista Healthplan, 941 So. 2d 1262 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006).  Per curiam affirmance of order of Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration setting amount owed by Vista Healthplan to emergency room physicians at 120% of Medicare. 

Doe v. Francis, 18 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D241a (N.D. Fla. Feb. 10, 2005).  Order staying prosecution of civil claims against producers of Girls Gone Wild videos arising out of same circumstances as pending state court criminal action.

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Lauer, 18 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D80a (S.D. Fla. Nov. 18, 2004).  Order denying motion for gag order against receiver of Lancer Management Group, Inc.

Alternate Energy Corp. v. Redstone, 17 Fla. Weekly Fed. D836a (S.D. Fla. Aug. 2, 2004).  Order granting David Redstone’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction.

Coral Springs Street Systems, Inc. v. City of Sunrise, 371 F3d. 1320 (11th Cir. 2004).  Decision reversing order holding city ordinance regulating outdoor advertising signs violated First and Fourteenth Amendments by discriminating against noncommercial speech and awarding permit applications to Coral Springs Street Systems, Inc.

Rosenauer v. School Board of Manatee County, 17 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D669a (M.D. Fla. May 27, 2004).  Order approving settlement between the Rosenauers and the School Board and entering consent decree prohibiting delivery of sectarian invocations at School Board meetings.

Badillo v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc., et al., 17 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D529a (M.D. Fla. Apr. 16, 2004).  Order denying motion seeking to enjoin Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc., and other defendants to cease selling Playboy Exposed: All American Girls.

Glaze v. MRA Holding, LLC et al., 16 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D503a (M.D. Fla. July 11, 2003).  Order denying motion to remand invasion of privacy appropriation of likeness and false light claims against producers of Girls Gone Wild videos. 

Pippin v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc., et al., 16 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D506a (M.D. Fla. July 1, 2003).  Order denying motion seeking to enjoin Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc., and other defendants to cease selling Playboy Exposed: All American Girls.

Coral Springs Street Systems, Inc. v. City of Sunrise, 287 F. Supp. 2d 1313 (S.D. Fla., 2003).  Order holding city ordinance regulating outdoor advertising signs violated First and Fourteenth Amendments by discriminating against noncommercial speech and awarding permit applications to Coral Springs Street Systems, Inc.

National Advertising Company v. City of Miami, 287 F. Supp. 2d 1349 (S.D. Fla. 2003).  Order holding that city ordinance regulating outdoor advertising signs did not violate First and Fourteenth Amendments by discriminating against noncommercial speech, by lacking procedural safeguards, or by lacking sufficiently definite criteria to restrict the discretion of city employees deciding whether to allow certain signage.

Lane v. MRA Holdings, LLC, 242 F. Supp. 2d 1205 (M.D. Fla. 2002) (M.D. Fla. 2002). Order granting summary judgment against invasion of privacy claims in favor of the producers of Girls Gone Wild, arising from use of video of 17-year-old woman exposing her breasts on Labor Day weekend at Panama City Beach.

Campus Communications, Inc. v. Earnhardt, 821 So. 2d 388 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002). Order upholding constitutionality of retroactive exemption of autopsy photographs from public disclosure requirements of the Public Records Law, over the objection of Campus Communications, Inc., publisher of The Independent Florida Alligator.

Casabona v. SCI Funeral Services of Florida, Inc., 802 So. 2d 1151 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001). Order rejecting argument that trial was improperly bifurcated and affirming judgment in favor of defendant SCI Funeral Services against claim that it was negligent in preparing and delivering body of plaintiff’s deceased. 

Lebed v. Amedex Ins. Co., 789 So. 2d 545 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001).  Order affirming dismissal of complaint against Amedex Insurance Co. and enforcing insurance arbitration clause. 

Access Now, Inc. v. Cunard Line Limited, 15 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D33a (S.D. Fla. Oct. 31, 2001).  Order approving settlement of Americans with Disabilities claims against cruise lines Carnival Corporation.

Fla. Outdoor Advertising, LLC v. City of Boynton Beach, 182 F. Supp. 2d 1201 (S.D. Fla. 2001).  Order holding city ordinance regulating outdoor advertising signs violates First and Fourteenth Amendments by discriminating against noncommercial speech. and awarding permit applications to Florida Outdoor Advertising, LLC.

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2008 Walter J. Mathews, P.A.