AUGER v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

No. 87-2.

516 So.2d 1024 (1987)

Brian AUGER, Appellant, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied December 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Golding and Eduardo R. Latour of Yanchuck, Thompson, Young, Berman & Latour, P.A., Tarpon Springs, for appellant.

Bruce D. Austin of Kaleel & Kaleel, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellee.


RYDER, Judge.

Today we again write about an area of law that has been often litigated and is rapidly evolving: an insured's knowing rejection of higher limits of uninsured motorist coverage. In 1961, the legislature enacted a law requiring automobile insurance issued in the state of Florida to offer coverage to persons injured by "owners or operators of uninsured motor vehicles." Ch. 61-175, § 1, Laws of Fla. Since its enactment, the uninsured motorist statute...

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