CONTINENTAL ASSUR. CO. v. CARROLL

No. 66324.

485 So.2d 406 (1986)

CONTINENTAL ASSURANCE CO., Petitioner, v. Roger A. CARROLL, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied April 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford B. Selwood of Clifford B. Selwood, Jr., P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and Nancy Little Hoffmann of Nancy Little Hoffmann, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

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

Richard A. Barnett of Richard A. Barnett, P.A., Hollywood, for The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.


McDONALD, Justice.

The Fourth District Court of Appeal has certified the following question as one of great public importance:

Does the special concurrence in National Standard Life Insurance Company v. Permenter modify the strict rule set forth in Life Insurance Company of Virginia v. Shifflet that all misrepresentations material to the acceptance of risk will invalidate an insurance policy, even if made in good faith?

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