AMERICAN BUILDERS INS. v. SOUTHERN-OWNERS INS.

No. 21-13496.

56 F.4th 938 (2023)

AMERICAN BUILDERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOUTHERN-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: January 4, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip M. Burlington , Adam J. Richardson , Burlington & Rockenbach, PA, West Palm Bch, FL, Richard M. Benrubi , Benrubi Law, PA, Boca Raton, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Kevin David Franz , Boyd & Jenerette, PA, Boca Raton, FL, Kansas R. Gooden , Boyd & Jenerette, PA, Miami, FL, Carri Leininger , Jessica Leigh Saltz , Williams Leininger & Cosby, PA, North Palm Beach, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before William Pryor, Chief Judge, Rosenbaum, and Marcus, Circuit Judges.


Ernest Guthrie fell from a roof and became paralyzed from the waist down, never to walk again. Within months, his medical bills climbed past $400,000, and future costs projected into the millions. Three insurance companies potentially provided coverage for Guthrie. This appeal is a battle between two of them.

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