U.S. FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO. v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS.

Nos. 78-618, 78-1384.

369 So.2d 410 (1979)

UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY, a Maryland Corporation, Appellant, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation, and Nelida Arevalo, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Knight, Peters, Pickle, Niemoeller & Flynn and Marco B. Loffredo, Miami, for appellant.

Kuvin, Klingensmith & Lewis and R. Fred Lewis, Coconut Grove, Genden & Bach, Miami, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, J., and CHARLES CARROLL (Ret.), and EZELL, BOYCE, F., Jr., (Ret.), Associate Judges.


SCHWARTZ, Judge.

United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company appeals from a summary final declaratory judgment which determined that the appellee Nelida Arevalo had the right to arbitration of her underinsured motorist claim, and which awarded her attorney's fees under Section 627.428(1), Florida Statutes (1975). We affirm.

The facts are undisputed. Mrs. Arevalo is the wife and resides in the household of Roberto...

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