VIRGINIA FARM BUREAU MUT. INS. v. DUNFORD

No. 4D03-2317.

877 So.2d 22 (2004)

VIRGINIA FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Thomas Albert DUNFORD and Rachel Peery, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 4, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan S. Lerner of Josephs, Jack & Miranda, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Marjorie Gadarian Graham of Marjorie Gadarian Graham, P.A., and Michael S. Smith of Slawson Cunningham Whalen & Smith, P.L., Palm Beach Gardens, for appellees.


KLEIN, J.

The insurer, which does not issue policies in Florida, insured a Virginia vehicle which was involved in an accident in Florida. The estate of a person killed in the accident obtained a judgment for more than the policy limits against the insureds, and the insureds filed this bad faith action against the insurer. The insurer asserts on this appeal that it is not subject to long-arm jurisdiction in Florida, but we disagree and affirm.

The insurer issued...

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