STATE FARM v. METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY

No. 94-81.

639 So.2d 63 (1994)

STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY and Leonard Elias, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied June 19, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Taylor, Day & Rio and Vincent J. Rio, III, and Charles M. Johnston, for appellant.

Robert A. Ginsburg, County Atty., Thomas Goldstein and Gerald K. Sanchez, Asst. County Attys., for Dade County.

William F. Merlin, Jr., for Florida Ass'n of Public Ins. Adjusters, Inc.

Tom Baker, Stuart H. Singer and Jeffrey A. Norman, for Nat. Ins. Consumer Organization, Inc., and United Policyholders, Inc.

Susan M. Popik, for United Services Auto. Ass'n.

Nancy A. Copperthwaite, for Nat. Ass'n of Independent Insurers and American Ins. Ass'n, as amicus curiae.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and LEVY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

State Farm Fire and Casualty Company [State Farm] appeals an adverse final summary judgment in favor of Metropolitan Dade County and Leonard Elias, the Metropolitan Dade County Consumer Advocate [collectively "County"]. We reverse.

In the wake of Hurricane Andrew, the County is requiring many homeowners to make structural improvements to their houses to bring them into compliance with the South Florida Building Code.1

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