GREAT AMERICAN INS. CO. v. COPPEDGE

Nos. 80-1487, 80-1544.

405 So.2d 732 (1981)

GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Lauren COPPEDGE and Hasam Realty Corp., Etc., et al., Appellees. HASAM REALTY CORP. D/B/a Diplomat Resort and Country Clubs, Appellants, v. Lauren COPPEDGE and Great American Insurance Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearings Denied December 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Little Hoffmann of Nancy Little Hoffmann, P.A., and Pomeroy, Betts & Pomeroy, Fort Lauderdale, for Great American Ins. Co.

Arnold R. Ginsberg of Horton, Perse & Ginsberg, Miami, and Rubin & Rubinchik, P.A., Hollywood, for Hasam Realty Corp.

William C. Crenshaw of Mahoney, Hadlow & Adams, P.A., Miami, for appellee-Lauren Coppedge.


HERSEY, Judge.

These are appeals by an innkeeper (Appeal #80-1544) and its insurer (Appeal #80-1487) from determinations in the trial court that the innkeeper is liable to its guest for loss of certain items of jewelry and that the loss is covered by insurance. The applicability of the Florida Innkeeper's Statute, Section 509.111, Florida Statutes (1979), is called into question.

Lauren Coppedge, while a guest at the Diplomat Hotel, hid her jewelry box behind...

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