STATE FARM FLORIDA INS. CO. v. NICHOLS

Nos. 5D08-2873, 5D08-4199, 5D08-4200, 5D08-4201, 5D08-4202.

21 So.3d 904 (2009)

STATE FARM FLORIDA INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Boyd NICHOLS and Linda Nichols, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

November 6, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scot E. Samis of Abbey, Adams, Byelick, Kiernan, Mueller, Marone & Samis, L.L.P., St. Petersburg, for Appellant.

Nancy A. Lauten and George A. Vaka of Vaka, Larson & Johnson, Tampa, for Appellees.


TORPY, J.

In these consolidated appeals, we address disputes between State Farm and its insureds concerning when it is obligated to pay for subsurface sinkhole repairs under its homeowners' policies. Relying on a statute, State Farm contends that it need not pay for these repairs until after the homeowners enter into contracts for the performance of the repairs, notwithstanding language in its policies to the contrary. The...

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