District Court of Appeal of Florida

A judgment directing a verdict in favor of defendant-insurer on a claim of bad faith in a case arising from a death in an automobile accident is reversed where, under the circumstances, defendant-insurer failed to settle a claim against an insured when it had a reasonable opportunity to do so.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/22/2006
• Published 03/22/2006

Judges

• HAZOURI, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marjorie Gadarian Graham of Marjorie Gadarian Graham, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, Joseph S. Kashi of Sperry Shapiro & Kashi, P.A., Plantation, and Diego C. Asencio of Diego C. Asencio, P.A., North Palm Beach, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David B. Pakula of David B. Pakula, P.A., Pembroke Pines, for appellee.