District Court of Appeal of Florida

Petition for writ of certiorari seeking to quash the portion of an order permitting an insurance company to take over BellSouth's defense in a personal injury lawsuit is granted, and the order reversed, where the insurance company's earlier denial of coverage constituted a forfeiture of its right to defend the suit.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/15/2006
• Published 03/15/2006

Judges

• ROTHENBERG, Judge., Before CORTIÑAS and ROTHENBERG, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gordon Hargrove & James and Carol A. Gart, Fort Lauderdale, and John R. Hargrove, for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard A. Sherman, Fort Lauderdale;  Julio C. Acosta, Miami, and Michelle C. Lopez;  and Richard G. Bartmon, Boca Raton, for respondents.