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HIGGINS v. WEST BEND MUT. INS. CO.

No. 5D10-3747.

85 So.3d 1156 (2012)

Ann Louise HIGGINS and Anthony P. Higgins, Appellants, v. WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 30, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon McLin Carlyle , B.C.S., and Christopher V. Carlyle , B.C.S., of The Carlyle Appellate Law Firm, The Villages, for Appellants.

John W. Weihmuller and James Michael Shaw, Jr. , and Anthony J. Russo of Butler Pappas Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, Tampa, for Appellee.

COHEN, J.

Appellants, Ann Louise Higgins and Anthony P. Higgins (the "Higginses"), appeal the trial court's final order entering summary judgment in favor of Appellee, West Bend Mutual Insurance Company ("West Bend"), in their first-party bad faith action. This case, asking which contract choice of law rule applies to first-party bad faith actions, presents a question of first impression. Determining that lex loci contractus applies to such actions, we affirm...

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