Supreme Court of Florida

When an insured restaurant owner was sued based on negligent failure to provide adequate security, under the terms of the general liability insurance policy at issue each shooting of a separate victim constituted a separate occurrence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/06/2003
• Published 03/06/2003

Judges

• PARIENTE, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• M. Stephen Turner,David K. Miller, and Kelly O'Keefe of Broad and Cassel, Tallahassee, for Appellant., Tracy Raffles Gunn of Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, P.A., Tampa, for amicus curiae Florida Defense Lawyers Association., Richard A. Barnett, Hollywood, for amicus curiae Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers., Fred H. Flowers, Tallahassee, for Intervenor Brian Armstrong., Robert Scott Cox of Cox & Burns, P.A., Tallahassee, for Intervenor D'Juan Harris.


• For Appellees:
  
• John P. Joy and Jane Anderson of Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder & Carson, West Palm Beach, for Appellees.