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AUTO-OWNERS INS. CO. v. CONQUEST

No. 83827.

658 So.2d 928 (1995)

AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Bonita CONQUEST, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 6, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond T. Elligett, Jr. and Bonnie A. Glober of Schropp, Buell & Elligett, P.A., Tampa, for petitioner.

K. Jack Breiden of Breiden & Associates, Naples, for respondent.

Paul B. Butler, Jr., John W. Weihmuller and Lisa A. Oonk of Butler, Burnette & Pappas, Tampa, amici curiae for State Farm Auto. Ins. Co., State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., United Services Auto. Ass'n, Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., Hartford Fire Ins. Co., Royal Ins. Co. of America, American Ins. Ass'n, Alliance of American Insurers and The Defense Research Institute.

Paul B. Butler, Jr. and John W. Weihmuller of Butler, Burnette & Pappas, Tampa, for The Royal Ins. Co. of America and United Services Auto. Ass'n, Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., the Hartford Fire Ins. Co., the American Ins. Ass'n, the Alliance of American Insurers, and the Defense Research Institute, joining State Farm's amicus curiae Brief.

Paul E.B. Glad and John Leland Williams of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, San Francisco, CA; and William T. Barker of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, amici curiae for Nat. Ass'n of Independent Insurers and Allstate Ins. Co.

Joel D. Eaton of Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A., Miami, amicus curiae for the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.

SHAW, Justice.

We have for review the decision in Conquest v. Auto-Owners Insurance Co., 637 So.2d 40 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994), which certified conflict with the decision in Cardenas v. Miami-Dade Yellow Cab Co., 538 So.2d 491 (Fla. 3d DCA), review dismissed, 549 So.2d 1013 (Fla. 1989). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We approve the decision below.

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