( April 1, 2025, 11:45 AM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida federal judge denied GEICO’s dismissal motion in a defamation and tortious interference suit filed against it by a company assisting hospitals with recovery for third-party liability claims under Florida personal injury protection (PIP) law and the company’s owner, finding that dismissal is denied as to the defamation claim because GEICO failed to raise new arguments in earlier dismissal motions and that GEICO failed to “provide a basis” to dismiss the claim for tortious interference....