PICCOLO v. HERTZ CORP.

No. AG-460.

421 So.2d 535 (1982)

Frank P. PICCOLO, and His Wife, Myrtice Piccolo, Appellants, v. HERTZ CORPORATION, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michel L. Stone of Urquhart & Pittman, P.A., Panama City, for appellants.

Benjamin W. Redding and Thomas F. Welch of Barron, Redding, Boggs, Hughes, Fite & Bassett, P.A., Panama City, for appellee.


JOANOS, Judge.

This appeal involves the question of the applicability of the Louisiana statute permitting direct action against the insurer alone. The relevant facts are that Appellant Frank Piccolo was injured in a motor vehicle accident in Louisiana. The other driver, Kiern, was driving a Hertz rental vehicle. The Piccolos filed a complaint and amended complaint in Florida naming Hertz Corporation as the sole defendant.

The trial court granted a motion to...

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