Supreme Court of Florida

A Design Defect Exclusion Clause in a builder's risk policy bars coverage for the cost of repairing structural deficiencies in a condominium building, and a Sue and Labor Clause applies only in the case of an actual covered loss.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/10/2003
• Published 04/10/2003

Judges

• LEWIS, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Elliot H. Scherker,Marlene K. Silverman, and Elliot B. Kula of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, FL, for Appellant., Ronald L. Kammer of Hinshaw & Culbertson, Miami, FL, for Insurers' Technology Litigation Roundtable, Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association and National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, Amici Curiae;  and the American Insurance Association, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Janet L. Brown of Boehm, Brown, Seacrest & Fischer, Maitland, Florida;  and Thomas W. Brunner, Leslie A. Platt, and Gary P. Seligman of Wiley, Rein & Fielding LLP, Washington, DC, for Appellee.