Richard Oliver

Richard Oliver focuses his practice on representing hospitals, long-term care facilities, and individual medical practitioners in a variety of health care, administrative and commercial litigation matters at the trial and appellate levels. 

Richard also has extensive experience handling a wide range of regulatory issues of concern to hospitals and providers, including reimbursement and privacy issues.

• Obtained summary judgment in medical malpractice case arising from alleged misdiagnosis of heart condition and claims of vicarious liability arising from alleged non-delegable duties and apparent agency.
• Defended hospital against a series of pressure sore cases filed by a single plaintiff’s attorney, securing settlements that were a fraction of the client’s settlement target.
• Representing several multi-unit residential property developers in property damage claims against their insurance companies and a national pest control company.
• Defending a major international publishing company against defamation and invasion of privacy claims.
• Representing a large financial institution against its general liability insurance carrier to recover the cost of defending against an action brought by a third party.
• Defended national bank against fraud claims brought by borrowers.
• Defended managed care organization providing services to a government agency against class action brought by guardian ad litem.
• Obtained injunction in favor of managed care organization against physician group violating noncompete provisions of provider agreement.
• Defended physician practice against fraud claims brought by patients arising from bills for medical services.

 Representative Cases:

• Centennial Insurance Co. v. Life Bank, 953 So. 2d (Fla. 2nd DCA 2006).
• Sandalwood Condo. Ass'n at Wildwood Inc., v. Allstate Ins. Co., 294 F. Supp 2d 1315 (M.D. Fla. 2003).
• Inter-Active Servs., Inc. v. Heathrow Master Ass'n, Inc., 809 So. 2d 900 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002).

• AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

• The Florida Bar
  • Trial Lawyers Section
  • Former Vice Chair, Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee
• Hillsborough County Bar Association
• Wesley Chapel Athletic Association
  • Former Director and Volunteer

• Counsel, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Tampa, FL
• Associate, McWhirter Reeves, Tampa, FL