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INS. GUARANTY ASS'N, INC. v. ALL THE WAY WITH BILL VERNAY, INC.

Nos. 2D03-563, 2D03-1763.

864 So.2d 1126 (2003)

FLORIDA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, INC., successor to Reliance Insurance Co., Appellant, v. ALL THE WAY WITH BILL VERNAY, INC., and North American Van Lines, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 31, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca O'Dell Townsend of Haas, Dutton, Blackburn, Lewis & Longley, P.L., Tampa, for Appellant.

Jerome A. Pivnik of Pivnik & Nitsche, P.A., Miami, for Appellees.

VILLANTI, Judge.

Florida Insurance Guaranty Association, Inc. (FIGA), challenges two judgments awarding attorney's fees and costs against it and in favor of All the Way with Bill Vernay, Inc., and North American Van Lines, Inc. (collectively "Vernay"). FIGA raises numerous reasons why these judgments are improper; however, we need address only one. Because the fee awards do not qualify as "covered claims" under chapter 631, Florida Statutes (2002), we reverse.

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