ACQUESTA v. INDUSTRIAL FIRE & CAS. CO.

No. 65356.

467 So.2d 284 (1985)

William ACQUESTA, et ux., Petitioners, v. INDUSTRIAL FIRE & CASUALTY CO., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angelo Marino, Jr., Fort Lauderdale, for petitioners.

Marcia E. Levine of Fazio, Dawson & DiSalvo, Fort Lauderdale, for respondent.

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


OVERTON, Justice.

This is a petition to review a decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal reported as Industrial Fire & Casualty Co. v. Acquesta, 448 So.2d 1122 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984), in which the district court held that the Acquestas were precluded from recovering uninsured motorist benefits because the wife, in applying for automobile insurance at the direction of her husband, rejected uninsured motorist coverage...

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