McCUTCHEN v. HIGHLANDS INS. CO.

No. 81-1080.

424 So.2d 26 (1982)

Mildred McCUTCHEN, Appellant, v. HIGHLANDS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caron Balkany Goldstein, Daniels & Hicks and Elizabeth K. Clarke, Miami, for appellant.

Joe N. Unger, Richard M. Welsh, Miami, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, FERGUSON and JORGENSON, JJ.


FERGUSON, Judge.

McCutchen, a tenant who was injured on the landlord's premises, won a jury verdict for compensatory damages, then settled the punitive damages part of her claim against the landlord. She sought to enforce the settlement against the landlord's insurer. This appeal is from an order which entered summary judgment for the insurer.1

McCutchen (tenant) was injured in her apartment by an intruder, allegedly as a result...

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