UNIVERSAL PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY v. QUINTERO (2022)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

UNIVERSAL PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Guillermo B. QUINTERO, et al., Appellees.

No. 3D20-373

Decided: January 12, 2022

Before EMAS, LOGUE and SCALES, JJ.

Russo Appellate Firm, P.A., and Paulo R. Lima, for appellant. Giasi Law, P.A. and Melissa A. Giasi and Erin M. Berger (Tampa), for appellees.

Affirmed. See Vargas v. Safepoint Ins. Co., No. 3D19-1656, 333 So.3d 752, 753 (Fla. 3d DCA Jan. 12, 2022) (examining the “Concealment or Fraud” provision of a homeowner's insurance policy and concluding that “the term ‘false statement’ in the post-loss context includes an element of intent to mislead”); Anchor Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Trif, 322 So. 3d 663, 675 (Fla. 4th DCA 2021) (concluding that, “in the post-loss context, the term ‘false statement’ in the ‘Concealment or Fraud’ exclusion [of a homeowner's insurance policy] should be interpreted as including an element of intent”).

PER CURIAM.

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