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Sirantoine v. Ill. Employers Ins

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Oct 11, 1983
438 So. 2d 985 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

Opinion

No. 83-474.

October 11, 1983.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Dade County; Joseph M. Nadler, Judge.

Wolfson Diamond, P.A., Miami Beach, and Robert Polsky, Miami, for appellants.

Kimbrell, Hamann, Jennings, Womack, Carlson Kniskern, P.A., and John W. Wylie, Miami, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, NESBITT and JORGENSON, JJ.


We reverse and remand with directions to enter judgment for the Sirantoines upon a holding that an excess insurer must offer uninsured motorist coverage equal to the excess limits of bodily injury liability, notwithstanding a rejection of uninsured motorist coverage in the primary policy. See First State Insurance Co. v. Stubbs, 418 So.2d 1114 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982), review denied, 426 So.2d 26 (Fla. 1983); § 627.727(1), Fla. Stat. (1981).

Reversed and remanded with directions to enter judgment for the defendants below.


Summaries of

Sirantoine v. Ill. Employers Ins

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Oct 11, 1983
438 So. 2d 985 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)
Case details for

Sirantoine v. Ill. Employers Ins

Case Details

Full title:MAURICE SIRANTOINE AND PIERETTE SIRANTOINE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HUSBAND…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Oct 11, 1983

Citations

438 So. 2d 985 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

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