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State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. v. McCarthy

Supreme Court of Florida
Sep 12, 1996
679 So. 2d 772 (Fla. 1996)

Opinion

No. 87123.

September 12, 1996.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Certified Great Public Importance, First District — Case No. 94-3765, Alachua County.

G. Michael Burnett and Christopher P. Boyd of Taylor, Day Rio, Jacksonville, for Petitioner.

Jack M. Ross, Gainesville, for Respondent.


We review State Farm Mutual Automobile v. McCarthy, 664 So.2d 317 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995), in which the court affirmed on the authority of Warren v. Travelers Insurance Co., 650 So.2d 1082 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995), and certified conflict with Bulone v. United Services Automobile Ass'n, 660 So.2d 399 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995). The court also certified the question which created the conflicting decisions as one of great public importance. McCarthy, 664 So.2d at 317. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3 (b)(4) of the Florida Constitution.

We recently quashed the decision in Warren and approved the result of the decision in Bulone. Travelers Insurance Co. v. Warren, 678 So.2d 324 (Fla. 1996). Therefore, we quash the decision below.

It is so ordered.

KOGAN, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, GRIMES, HARDING and WELLS, JJ., concur.

ANSTEAD, J., dissents.


Summaries of

State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. v. McCarthy

Supreme Court of Florida
Sep 12, 1996
679 So. 2d 772 (Fla. 1996)
Case details for

State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. v. McCarthy

Case Details

Full title:STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. DANIEL…

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Sep 12, 1996

Citations

679 So. 2d 772 (Fla. 1996)

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