HOLLAR v. INTERN. BANKERS INS. CO.

No. 89-1951.

572 So.2d 937 (1990)

Carol HOLLAR and Lewis Edwin Hollar, Jr., Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL BANKERS INSURANCE COMPANY and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 31, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levin, Middlebrooks, Mabie, Thomas, Mayes & Mitchell, Robert Mayes and Robert M. Loehr, Pensacola, for appellants.

Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder & Carson, John Patrick Joy, Geoffrey B. Marks, Kimbrell & Hamann, Sam Holland and Andrew H. Bate, Miami, for appellees.

Before NESBITT, BASKIN and GODERICH, JJ.


NESBITT, Judge.

The question we are required to decide in this appeal is whether the statutory measure of damages under section 624.155, Florida Statutes (1989) limits the measure of damages, established by the Florida supreme court, for failure to settle a claim in good faith. We hold that there is no such limitation and we reverse the summary judgment below which held to the contrary.

In compliance with section 624.155, Florida Statutes (1989), the civil...

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