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WHEELAND v. STATE FARM FIRE & CAS. CO.

No. 95-599.

668 So.2d 337 (1996)

Bruce Todd WHEELAND, Appellant, v. STATE FARM FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY, an Illinois corporation, and Dan Sawyer Insurance Agency, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

February 21, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel and Arthur J. England, Jr. and Elliot H. Scherker, Miami; Aronovitz & Associates and Tod Aronovitz, Miami; Joe N. Unger, Miami, for appellant.

Russo & Talisman and Elizabeth K. Russo, Coconut Grove; Green, Haverman & Ackerman, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE and GODERICH, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

In the instant case, even though there is admittedly no insurance coverage under the policy, the appellant attempts to recover from State Farm under a theory of coverage by estoppel. The general rule is that the doctrine of estoppel does not operate to create coverage where coverage does not exist. Doe v. Allstate Ins. Co., 653 So.2d 371 (Fla. 1995); AIU Ins. Co. v. Block Marina Inv., Inc.,

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