OHIO CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. v. SANTOS

No. 83-1585.

465 So.2d 672 (1985)

OHIO CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Rafael SANTOS, Sr., d/b/a Santos Lawn Service, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Lane Neilson and David L. Ferguson of Neilson & Degailler, Tampa, for appellant.

Michael J. Volpe and Jim David Shumake of Monaco, Cardillo, Keith & Volpe, P.A., Naples, for appellee.


RYDER, Chief Judge.

Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, insurer of Rafael Santos, Sr., d/b/a Santos Lawn Service, appeals a trial court judgment that Santos was entitled to insurance coverage when he mistakenly felled a thirty-foot java plum tree. We reverse.

The facts are not in dispute. Mrs. Jeanne Atkins contacted by telephone Santos Tree Service and told Rafael Santos, Jr. that she wanted her java plum tree topped "way down." Mr. Santos, Jr. relayed her instructions...

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