DICK COURTEAU'S v. COMANCHO-COLON

Nos. 86-322, 86-1501.

498 So.2d 1023 (1986)

DICK COURTEAU'S GMC TRUCK COMPANY and Universal Underwriters Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Santo COMANCHO-COLON, Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Company, and Chester A. Mayer, Formerly On Behalf of National General Insurance Company, Appellees. VENICE ISLE DODGE, INC., and Universal Underwriters Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Kathleen DESQUESNES, Elbert Barrett, Emily Barrett, and Allstate Insurance Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey R. Fuller of Williams, Brasfield, Wertz, Fuller & Lamb, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellants.

Claire L. Hamner and James R. Cooney of Dickinson, O'Riorden, Gibbons, Quale, Shields & Carlton, P.A., Sarasota, for appellees Santo Comancho-Colon, Florida Farm Bureau Ins. Co., and Allstate Ins. Co.


GRIMES, Acting Chief Judge.

These consolidated appeals involve disputes over coverage between the insurance carriers for codefendants.

The point on appeal is the same in both cases. Essentially, motor vehicle dealers had loaned vehicles to drivers who became involved in accidents with third parties. There was no agreement between the dealers and the drivers concerning insurance coverage. In each case, a negligence action was brought against the driver, and...

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