SCOTT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. RELIANCE INS. CO.

No. 99-275.

746 So.2d 1136 (1999)

SCOTT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., etc., Appellant, v. RELIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Litow, Cutler, Zabludowski & Allen and Philip A. Allen, III, Miami; McKenna & Cuneo and Catherine J. Serafin, Andres M. Reidy, Robert L. Carter, Jr., and Clarissa L. Weiant, for appellant.

Clarke, Silverglate, Williams & Montgomery and Mercer K. Clarke, Miami, for appellee.

Before JORGENSON, GERSTEN, and GREEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The defendant in a product liability action appeals from a final summary judgment entered in favor of its excess insurance carrier. We affirm.

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