KIES v. FLA. INS. GUAR. ASS'N, INC.

No. 82-154.

435 So.2d 410 (1983)

Harlow J. KIES and Doris Kies, His Wife, Appellants, v. FLORIDA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

August 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce W. Jacobus of Wolfe, Kirschenbaum, Caruso, Mosley & Kabboord, P.A., Cocoa Beach, for appellants.

Sutton G. Hilyard, Jr., of Pitts, Eubanks & Ross, P.A., Orlando, for appellee.


ORFINGER, Chief Judge.

The issue we consider on this appeal is whether appellants were improperly denied a trial by jury on the question of insurance coverage when the trial court severed that question for separate trial. We hold that they were, and we reverse.

This is another case of dog biting man. Plaintiffs alleged in substance that Harlow J. Kies, a letter carrier, was injured when he was bitten by a dog owned by defendants Ronald Halfacre and Patty Halfacre...

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