All Ins. Restoration Servs. v. Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp.

Full title: ALL INSURANCE RESTORATION SERVICES, INC., a/a/o MELISSA MALCOLM…

Court: Florida Court of Appeals, Fourth District

Date published: Nov 24, 2021

No. 4D21-77 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Nov. 24, 2021)

Opinion

4D21-77

11-24-2021

ALL INSURANCE RESTORATION SERVICES, INC., a/a/o MELISSA MALCOLM, Appellant, v. CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION, Appellee.

Erin M. Berger and Melissa A. Giasi of Giasi Law, P.A., Tampa, for appellant. Kimberly J. Fernandes of Kelley Kronenberg, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

Appeal from the County Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Nina W. Di Pietro, Judge; L.T. Case Nos. CACE 20-18406 and COCE 18-26367.

Erin M. Berger and Melissa A. Giasi of Giasi Law, P.A., Tampa, for appellant.

Kimberly J. Fernandes of Kelley Kronenberg, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Damages Servs., Inc. v. Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp., 46 Fla.L.Weekly D2245, D2246 (Fla. 4th DCA Oct. 13, 2021) (insurer entitled to summary judgment on the issue of reasonable emergency measures expenses "[b]ecause [the restoration company] did not make a request to exceed the policy limit prior to exceeding the limit for the work performed" (emphasis added)); Certified Priority Restoration v. Universal Ins. Co. of N. Am., No. 4D21-374, 2021 WL 3641850, at *3 (Fla. 4th DCA Aug. 18, 2021) (insurer entitled to summary judgment where restoration company "failed to request the insurer allow it to exceed the $3,000 limit before submitting the invoice for the completed work" (emphasis added)).

CONNER, C.J., MAY and DAMOORGIAN, JJ., concur.