GOVERNMENT EMP. INS. CO. v. SUTTON

No. 79-320.

400 So.2d 476 (1981)

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant, v. Nancy Crews SUTTON, As Widow of Joseph Sutton, Jr., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied July 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Harrop and W. Marvin Hardy, III, of Gurney, Gurney & Handley, P.A., Orlando, for appellant.

Dennis J. Wall of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, Orlando, for appellee.


SHARP, Judge.

Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) appeals from a judgment of the circuit court that Nancy Crews Sutton has the right to require GEICO to arbitrate uninsured motorist benefits under its policy which insured Joseph Sutton, Jr., Nancy's deceased husband. GEICO claims recovery under its policy is barred because Nancy Sutton entered into a settlement with and gave a complete release to an insured joint tort-feasor, and its liability insurer,...

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