District Court of Appeal of Florida

In a contract and statutory bad faith suit arising from property damage sustained during Hurricane Ivan, a petition for certiorari review of denial of defendant-insurer's motion to dismiss various counts is granted where the trial court departed from the essential requirements of the law in forcing the insurer to defend against the statutory claims before the issue of coverage was fully resolved, and such error would result in irreparable harm to insurer if not remedied on certiorari.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/15/2006
• Published 11/16/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert A. Craven of the Law Office of Robert A. Craven, St. Petersburg, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ross L. Bilbrey of the Bilbrey Law Firm, P.A., Pensacola and Stephen D. Gill of New World Lawyers, P.A., Pensacola, for Respondents.