VanBIBBER v. HARTFORD ACC. & INDEM. INS. CO.

No. 63584.

439 So.2d 880 (1983)

Ara Williams VanBIBBER, Appellant, v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY INSURANCE CO., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 13, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.C. Deeno Kitchen, Brian S. Duffy and Robert King High, Jr. of Ervin, Varn, Jacobs, Odom & Kitchen, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

William B. Wiley and Charles A. Stampelos of McFarlain, Bobo, Sternstein, Wiley & Cassedy, Tallahassee, for respondent.

Gabriel Mazzeo, Dept. of Ins., Tallahassee, for Bill Gunter, Ins. Com'r and Treasurer of the State of Florida, amicus curiae.

Robert D. Peltz of Rossman & Baumberger, Miami, for Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.

Carl D. Motes of Maguire, Voorhis & Wells, Orlando, for Florida Defense Lawyers Ass'n, amicus curiae.


McDONALD, Justice.

VanBibber appealed the trial court's dismissal of an insurance company as a party defendant. The first district certified the appeal as passing on a question of great public importance or as having a great effect on the administration of justice throughout the state. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(5) of the state constitution.

The issue in this case is the constitutionality of section 627.7262, Florida Statutes...

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