Supreme Court of Florida

In an insurance coverage dispute over whether, under Florida law, the sending of an unsolicited advertisement by fax, in violation of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)is covered by a particular insurance policy provision, the Eleventh Circuit's certification is affirmed as, under Florida law, the language of this insurance provision provides coverage for infringements of the TCPA.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/28/2010
• Published 01/28/2010

Judges

• POLSTON, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marc A. Wites of Wites and Kapetan, P.A., Lighthouse Point, FL, Douglas S. Wilens and Stuart A. Davidson of Coughlin, Stoia, Geller, Rudman, and Robbins, LLP, Boca Raton, FL, for Appellants., R. Hugh Lumpkin and Michael F. Huber of Ver, Ploeg, and Lumpkin, P.A., Miami, FL, Eugene R. Anderson, William G. Passannante, and Jane A. Horne of Anderson, Kill, and Olick, P.C., New York, NY, on behalf of United Policyholders; and Ronald L. Kammer and Maureen G. Pearcy of Hinshaw and Culbertson, LLP, Miami, FL, Laura A. Foggan and Parker Lavin of Wiley Rein, LLP, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association, as Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Raoul G. Cantero, III of White and Case, LLP, Miami, FL, Laura Besvinick and Parker D. Thomson of Hogan and Hartson, LLP, Miami, FL, and Arthur J. McColgan, II of Walker Wilcox Mastousek, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Appellee.