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GENERAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA v. TAPLIS

Nos. 85-1238, 85-1239.

493 So.2d 32 (1986)

GENERAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Appellant, v. Andrea Faye TAPLIS, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Erick Maurice Taplis, Deceased; James Taplis and Cassie Taplis, His Wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied September 4, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John N. Bogdanoff of Haas, Boehm, Brown, Rigdon, Seacrest & Fischer, P.A., Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Angus W. Harriett of Harriett & Sproull, P.A., Palatka, for appellee.

COBB, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether the release of a tortfeasor by the claimants, James and Cassie Taplis, operated to discharge the liability of their uninsured motorists insurance carrier.

The Taplises' grandson, who was determined to be a member of their household, was fatally injured in an automobile accident as a result of the negligence of one Kent Teal. At the time, the Taplises had U.M. coverage with General Accident, covering three vehicles...

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