VEST v. TRAVELERS INS. CO.

No. 96-4651.

710 So.2d 982 (1998)

Jana P. VEST, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Thomas C. Vest, deceased, Appellant, v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied June 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. McKenzie of McKenzie & Soloway, P.A., Pensacola, for Appellant.

Cecil L. Davis, Jr. of Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal and Banker, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee.


JOANOS, Judge.

In 1995, Thomas Vest was killed in an auto accident involving an underinsured motorist. The decedent was insured by Travelers Insurance Company (Travelers), with uninsured/underinsured (UM) motorist coverage in the amount of $200,000.

On March 28, 1995, appellant's counsel notified Travelers that State Farm, the tortfeasor's insurer, had tendered its policy limits of $1.1 million in settlement of the Vest wrongful death claim against the tortfeasors...

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