Ryan Andrew Ulloa

Experience Commercial Litigation Appellate Litigation Represented Floridas state-created insurance entity in a bad faith claim brought by its insureds. After the trial court dismissed the claim, the District Court of Appeal reinstated the action. The Florida Supreme Court, however, reversed the District Courts opinion and held that Floridas state-created insurance entity was immune from bad faith claims like the one brought by the insureds. Represented two hospitals in a claim for reimbursement of services provided to medically indigent patients pursuant to a special law enacted by the Florida Legislature. The trial court granted summary judgment against the hospitals, finding that the special law granted an unconstitutional privilege to a private corporation. The Second District Court of Appeal affirmed the ruling, but the Florida Supreme Court reversed the District Courts opinion and upheld the constitutionality of the special law. Represented a hospital seeking approval to operate a provisional trauma center against a suit from a neighboring hospital that already had an existing trauma center. The trial court granted a temporary injunction against the applicant-hospital, precluding it from operating as a provisional trauma center. The First District Court of Appeal reversed the temporary injunction, holding that the competitor hospital had failed to prove its entitlement to the injunction. Represented an insurer against claims by its insureds in which the parties disagreed about the amount of the covered loss. In two similar cases, the trial court denied the insurers motion to compel appraisal, but the appellate courts—Third and Fourth District Courts of Appeal—reversed the orders, and held that the dispute over the amount of the covered loss was for the appraisers and not the court. Represented an insurer in a declaratory relief action brought by its insureds in federal district court. In the suit, the insureds sought a declaratory judgment and an anti-suit injunction that would resolve which of two parallel arbitration proceedings—in Miami and Germany—should proceed. The insurer successfully obtained a stay of the district court proceedings, and eventually secured a dismissal of the case. Represented a financial institution in an action filed in state court by three former accountholders. The financial institution removed the cases to federal court pursuant to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, and successfully compelled arbitration under the account agreement. Awards and Recognition Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2018-2020 Appellate Practice