LIBERTY MUT. INS. CO. v. SEARLE

Nos. 76-2427, 76-2451 and 77-313.

379 So.2d 131 (1979)

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. George SEARLE and Kay Searle, Individually and As Executors of the Estate of Lisa M. Searle, et al., Appellees (Two Cases). TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY, Appellant, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, George Searle and Kay Searle, Individually, and As Executors of the Estate of Lisa M. Searle, Etc., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied February 13, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Gale and Stephens & Schwartz, Miami, for appellant, Liberty Mutual.

Steven R. Berger of Carey, Dwyer, Cole, Selwood & Bernard, P.A., Miami, for appellant, Travelers.

Michael Olin of Podhurst, Orseck & Parks, P.A., Miami, and Ferrero, Middlebrooks & Strickland, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees, Searle.


BERANEK, Judge.

These are consolidated appeals taken by two insurance carriers from a final judgment determining uninsured motorist coverage and from a subsequent order awarding attorneys' fees against the carriers. The appellees were the uninsured motorist coverage claimants below.

The facts are as follows. Lisa Searle and Lucine Seropian were passengers in a car driven by Susan Connolly which was involved in an accident on May 13, 1975, when it collided...

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