Supreme Court of Florida

In proceedings involving a certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the case is returned to the Eleventh Circuit where: 1) when the Eleventh Circuit certified the question, it did not have the benefit of the decision in United States Fire Insurance Co. v. J.S.U.B., Inc., 979 So. 2d 871 (Fla. 2007), which held that a subcontractor's defective work can constitute an "occurrence" under a post-1986 standard form commercial general liability policy; but 2) the Eleventh Circuit used the terms "defective windows" and "defective installation" interchangeably, creating a determinative issue of fact which required the case to be returned to the Eleventh Circuit. (Revised opinion)

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/12/2008
• Published 06/12/2008

Judges

• PARIENTE, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Denise V. Powers, Coral Gables, FL, for Appellant., Ronald L. Kammer and Sina Bahadoran of Hinshaw and Culbertson, LLP, Miami, FL, on behalf of Mid-Continent Casualty Company;  David K. Miller and Ginger L. Barry of Broad and Cassel, Tallahassee, FL, Keith Hetrick, Florida Home Builders Association, Tallahassee, FL, R. Hugh Lumpkin and Michael F. Huber of Ver Ploeg and Lumpkin, P.A., Miami, FL, on behalf of Florida Home Builders Association, National Association of Home Builders, Arvida/JMB Partners, L.P., Arvida Managers, Inc., Arvida/JMB Management, L.P., and Mercedes Home Corporation;  Warren H. Husband of Metz, Husband, and Daughton, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, and Patrick J. Wielinski of Cokinos, Bosien, and Young, P.C., Arlington, TX, on behalf of Associated General Contractors of America, Florida A.G.C. Council, Inc., the Associated General Contractors of Greater Florida, Inc., South Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors, Florida East Coast Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., American Subcontractors Association, Inc., and American Subcontractors of Florida, Inc.;   and Mark A. Boyle, Sr. of Fink and Boyle, P.A., Fort Myers, FL, on behalf of FHBF Partners, LLP, Aubuchon Homes, Inc., Camden Development, Inc., and Keenan, Hopkins, Schmidt and Stowell Contractors, Inc., As Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edmund M. Kneisel and Richard E. Dolder of Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Appellees.