ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. KAKLAMANOS

Nos. SC01-2444, SC02-198.

843 So.2d 885 (2003)

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Keely KAKLAMANOS, Respondent. Veron Caravakis, Petitioner, v. Allstate Indemnity Company, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 3, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yancey F. Langston and Charles F. Beall, Jr. of Moore, Hill & Westmoreland, P.A., Pensacola, FL, and Peter J. Valeta of Ross & Hardies, Chicago, IL, on behalf of Allstate Insurance Company; and Tony Griffith and Timothy M. Ingram of Tanney Eno, Tanney, Griffith & Ingram, P.A., Clearwater, FL, on behalf of Veron Caravakis, Petitioners.

David Lee Sellers, Pensacola, FL, on behalf of Keely Kaklamanos; and Anthony J. Parrino of Reynolds & Stowell, P.A., and Peter J. Valeta of Ross & Hardies, Chicago, IL, on behalf of Allstate Indemnity Company, Respondents.

David B. Shelton and Candy L. Messersmith of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, Orlando, FL, for National Association of Independent Insurers, Amicus Curiae.

Julie H. Littky-Rubin of Lytal, Reiter, Clark, Fountain & Williams, LLP, West Palm Beach, FL, for the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Amicus Curiae.


QUINCE, J.

We have for review Kaklamanos v. Allstate Insurance Co., 796 So.2d 555 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001), and Caravakis v. Allstate Indemnity Co., 806 So.2d 548 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001), which expressly and directly conflict with each other on the issue of whether certiorari review by the district court of appeal was proper. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const...

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