BRITAMCO v. CEN. JERSEY INVESTMENTS

No. 93-2353.

632 So.2d 138 (1994)

BRITAMCO UNDERWRITERS, INc., Petitioner, v. CENTRAL JERSEY INVESTMENTS, INC., a Florida Corporation for Profit D/B/a Gumtree Billy's Wanda Ellefsen, As Personal Representative of the Estate of George Ellefsen, and On Behalf of Crystal Ellefsen, Deceased, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hinda Klein of Conroy, Simberg and Lewis, P.A., Hollywood, for petitioner.

Lawrence Bunin of Lawrence Bunin, P.A., Plantation, for respondent-Central Jersey Investments, Inc.


PARIENTE, Judge.

The issue presented by writ of certiorari is whether an insurer who has a bona fide coverage dispute with its insured is entitled to litigate the coverage issue in a separate declaratory judgment action, while simultaneously defending the insured under a reservation of rights in the underlying liability action. We answer the question in the affirmative under the circumstances of this case where the insurer seeks to determine issues of coverage...

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