The Law Offices of Kevin C. Ambler, P.A., d/b/a Ambler Law Group v. Bayfront Same Day Surgery Center, LLC; Bayfront Anesthesia Services, P.A.; Bayfront Medical Center, Inc.; Michael J. Antonelli, D.O.; Jeffrey I. Marder, M.D.; Robert Lynn Swymer, CRNA; Trina Leanne Antonelli, CRNA; Sang Hee Lee, CRNA; Maria S. Prushinski, R.N.; Rachael Tejedor, R.N.; Linnea N. Stewart, R.N.; Michael J. Soltis, R.N.; Donald Black, R.N.; Ernest Dwayne Davis, by and through Nicole A. Davis, as plenary guardian of Ernest Dwayne Davis, a judicially adjudicated mentally incapacitated adult; and Nicole A. Davis, individually, as the spouse of Ernest Dwayne Davis

Summary

The Florida Second District Court of Appeal affirmed an order granting summary judgment against Ambler Law Group's charging-lien claim based on its written fee contract with Ernest Dwayne Davis and Nicole A. Davis. The court remanded with instructions to strike the provision directing immediate disbursement of trust funds because Ambler Law Group's separate quantum meruit claim remained pending.

Holdings

1. The order granting summary judgment on Ambler Law Group's charging-lien claim based on the written contract with Ernest Dwayne Davis and Nicole A. Davis is affirmed.
2. The order must be modified to strike the provision directing immediate disbursement of the funds held in trust because Ambler Law Group's quantum-meruit claim remained pending and the parties agreed that the funds should not be released until that claim was resolved.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the order granting summary judgment on Ambler Law Group's charging-lien claim based on the written contract should be affirmed.
2. Whether the order could direct immediate disbursement of funds held in trust when Ambler Law Group's quantum-meruit claim remained unresolved.

Disposition

affirmed