State Farm Fire and Cas. v. Levine

Full title: STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Appellant, v. SUSAN LEVINE, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Aug 15, 2001

791 So. 2d 591 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

Opinion

Case No. 3D00-1861

Opinion filed August 15, 2001.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Alan R. Postman, Judge. Lower Tribunal No. 98-22192.

Clark, Robb, Mason Coulombe and James K. Clark, for appellant.

Holland Knight and Christopher N. Bellows and Daniel S. Pearson, for appellee.

Before JORGENSON, GODERICH, and SHEVIN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The defendant below appeals from a final judgment entered after a jury verdict for the plaintiff. We affirm due to State Farm's lack of due diligence in investigating juror nondisclosure. See De La Rosa v. Zequeira, 659 So.2d 239 (Fla. 1995); Tejada v. Roberts, 760 So.2d 960 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000), review granted, No. SC00-1080, ___ So.2d ___ (Fla. Nov. 23, 2000). The minimal efforts made to obtain evidence of a nondisclosure came too late. See Tejada, 760 So.2d at 966.

AFFIRMED.