United States Eleventh Circuit

In an action seeking a declaratory judgment of insurance coverage, the Court of Appeals certified the following questions to the Florida Supreme Court: 1) whether Florida law recognizes a claim for breach of the implied warranty of good faith and fair dealing against an insurer for failure to investigate a claim within a reasonable period of time; 2) whether Florida law recognizes a private right of action under Fla. Stat. section 627.701(4)(a) and whether an insurer's failure to comply with Section 627.701(4)(a) renders a hurricane deductible unenforceable; and 3) whether an insurer contractually waives its right to stay execution of a judgment against it by posting a supersedeas bond.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/11/2009
• Published 03/11/2009

Judges

• DUBINA, Circuit Judge:, Before DUBINA and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rodolfo Sorondo, Jr., Monica Vila, Holland & Knight, LLP, Miami, FL, for QBE Ins. Corp., Daniel S. Rosenbaum, John M. Siracusa, Richard Chambers Valuntas, Katzman Garfinkel Rosenbaum, LLP, West Palm Beach, FL, for Chalfonte Codominium Apart. Ass'n, Inc., Anthony J. Russo, Butler, Pappas, Weihmuller, Katz, Craig, Tampa, FL, for Amicus Curiae.