U.S. FIRE INS. CO. v. J.S.U.B., INC.

No. SC05-1295.

979 So.2d 871 (2007)

UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, etc., Petitioner, v. J.S.U.B., INC., etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Kammer and Sina Bahadoran of Hinshaw and Culbertson, LLP, Miami, Florida; June Galkoski Hoffman of Fowler, White, and Burnett, P.A., Miami, FL; Joseph R. Miele, Jr. of Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman, and Goggin, Fort Lauderdale, FL; and Donna M. Greenspan of Edwards, Angell, Palmer and Dodge, LLP, West Palm Beach, FL, for Petitioners.

Mark A. Boyle, Sr., Michael G. Fink and Geoffrey H. Gentile, Sr. of Fink and Boyle, P.A., Fort Myers, FL, for Respondents.

Denise V. Powers, Coral Gables, FL, on behalf of National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies; William D. Horgan of Fuller, Johnson, and Farrell, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association; Pamela A. Chamberlin of Mitrani, Rynor, and Adamsky, P.A., Miami, FL, on behalf of Mid-Continent Casualty Company; John Bond Atkinson, Rebecca A. Brownell, and Ellie A. Levy of Atkinson and Brownell, P.A., Miami, FL, and Shaun McParland Baldwin and Donald E. Elder of Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney and Priess, Chicago, IL, on behalf of Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company; Perry N. Bass, Houston, TX, and Christopher W. Martin and Levon G. Hovnatanian of Martin, Disiere, Jefferson and Wisdom, LLP, Houston, TX, on behalf of Hartford Fire Insurance Company; and David K. Miller and Ginger L. Barry of Broad and Cassel, Tallahassee, FL, and Keith Hetrick, Florida Home Builders Association, Tallahassee, FL, and R. Hugh Lumpkin and Michael F. Huber of Ver Ploeg and Lumpkin, P.A., Miami, FL, on behalf of Florida Home Builders Association, National Association of Home Builders, Arvida/JMB Partners, L.P., Arvida Managers, Inc., Arvida/JMB Management, L.P. and Mercedes Home Corporation; Warren H. Husband of Metz, Husband, and Daughton, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, and Patrick J. Wielinski of Cokinos, Bosien, and Young, P.C., Arlington, TX, on behalf of Associated General Contractors of America, Florida Associate General Contractors Council, Inc., the Associated General Contractors of Greater Florida, Inc., South Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors, Florida East Coast Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., American Subcontractors Association, Inc., and American Subcontractors of Florida, Inc.; Stephen A. Marino, Jr. of Ver Ploeg and Lumpkin, P.A., Miami, FL, on behalf of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; Duane A. Daiker and Steven G. Schember of Shumaker, Loop, and Kendrick, LLP, Tampa, FL, on behalf of Amwest Surety Insurance Company; Daniel J. Santaniello and Paul Stephen Jones of Luks, Santaniello, Perez, Petrillo, and Gold, Orlando, FL, James P. Waczewski of Luks, Santaniello, Perez, Petrillo and Gold, Tallahassee, FL, and Joseph L. Oliva of Oliva and Associates, ALC, San Diego, CA, on behalf of Poole and Kent Company, for Amici Curiae.


PARIENTE, J.

J.S.U.B., Inc. seeks review of the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal in J.S.U.B., Inc. v. United States Fire Insurance Co., 906 So.2d 303 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005), which is in express and direct conflict with the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Lassiter Construction Co. v. American States Insurance Co., 699 So.2d 768 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997).

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