Manuel Lastra, et al., Appellants, v. Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Appellee. (2026)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Manuel Lastra, et al., Appellants, v. Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Appellee.

No. 3D25-0257

Decided: April 15, 2026

Before SCALES, C.J., and LINDSEY, and GOODEN, JJ.

Alvarez, Feltman, Da Silva & Costa, P.L., and Paul B. Feltman, for appellants. Hicks, Porter & Stein, P.A., and Dinah S. Stein and Lindsey A. Hicks, for appellee.

Appellants, Plaintiffs below, Manuel and Aida Lastra, filed a claim for damage to their home allegedly caused by Hurricane Irma. Their insurer, Universal Property and Casualty Insurance Company (“Universal”), moved to dismiss the complaint for failure to comply with the pre-suit provisions of section 627.70152(3)(a), Florida Statutes (2025). Bound by this Court's decision in Cantens v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London, 388 So. 3d 242 (Fla. 3d DCA 2024), we hold that the trial court committed no reversible error in dismissing Manuel and Aida Lastra's claim under the statute.¹

Affirmed.

FOOTNOTES

1. Hughes v. Universal Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., 374 So. 3d 900, 910 (Fla. 6th DCA 2023), review granted, No. SC24-0025, 2024 WL 1714497 (Fla. Apr. 22, 2024), a case addressing the statute at issue herein, but reaching a different result from Cantens, is pending before the Florida Supreme Court.

PER CURIAM.

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