ABE v. EHRLING

No. 3D99-2360.

768 So.2d 1225 (2000)

Shigeo ABE, Raul E. & Norie A. Abordo, Pearl & Hyacinth Abrams, Appellants, v. Robert EHRLING, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 4, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lyons & Farrar and Marsha L. Lyons (Tallahassee), for appellants.

Adorno & Zeder and Raoul G. Cantero, III and Jack R. Reiter, Miami, and Robert McIntosh, Sanford, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J. and FLETCHER and SHEVIN, JJ.


FLETCHER, Judge.

The plaintiffs, Shigeo Abe, et al., seek reversal of the trial court's order denying them interest on an allegedly late payment of settlement proceeds. We reverse.

The controlling provision here is section 627.4265, Florida Statutes (1997):

"In any case in which a person and an insurer have agreed in writing to the settlement of a claim, the insurer shall tender payment according to the terms of the agreement no later than 20 days...

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