AMERICAN STRATEGIC INS. v. LUCAS-SOLOMON

No. 2D05-1862.

927 So.2d 184 (2006)

AMERICAN STRATEGIC INSURANCE CO., Appellant, v. Mary Ellen LUCAS-SOLOMON, Brieanna Lucas, a minor, by and through her mother and next of kin, Mary Ellen Lucas-Solomon, Melvin Eugene Kennedy, Margaret Edith Kennedy, and Caitlyn Kennedy, by and through her parents and next of kin, Melvin Eugene Kennedy and Margaret Edith Kennedy, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 28, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven G. Schwartz and David J. Pascuzzi of Schwartz & Horwitz, PLC, Boca Raton; and Jason T. Salgado of Terrana Perez Salgado, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant.

Raymond T. Elligett, Jr., of Schropp, Buell & Elligett, P.A., Tampa; and Joseph W. Chambers of Chambers Law Group, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellees Mary Ellen Lucas-Solomon and Brieanna Lucas.

Aubrey O. Dicus, Jr., and Charles F. Weeks of Battaglia, Ross, Dicus & Wein, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellees Melvin Eugene Kennedy, Margaret Edith Kennedy, and Caitlyn Kennedy.


DAVIS, Judge.

American Strategic Insurance Company ("American Strategic") challenges the trial court's determination that the homeowners' insurance policy it issued to Melvin Eugene Kennedy and Margaret Edith Kennedy provided coverage for injuries sustained by Brieanna Lucas when she was bitten by the Kennedy family's dog. We reverse.

Brieanna's mother, Mary Ellen Lucas-Solomon, filed an action on behalf of Brieanna against the Kennedys, seeking damages for...

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