Pamela PERERA, Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY, Appellee.
Supreme Court of Florida.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 6, 2010.
May 6, 2010.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Charles P. Schropp and Charles M. Schropp of Schropp Law Firm, P.A., Tampa, Florida, and Dennis G. Diecidue of The Diecidue Law Firm, P.A., Tampa, Florida, for Appellant.
Jack R. Reiter and Jordan S. Kosches of Adorno and Yoss, LLP, Miami, Florida, for Appellee.
Mark Hicks, Dinah Stein, and Brett C. Powell of Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld and Stein, P.A., Miami, Florida, on behalf of Florida Insurance Council; George N. Meros, Jr. and Andy Bardos of GrayRobinson, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, and Robin S. Conrad, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Florida Justice Reform Institute and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America; and William D. Horgan of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood and Boyer, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, and Laura A. Foggan of Wiley, Rein and Fielding, LLP, Washington, D.C., on behalf of American Insurance Association and Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association, as Amici Curiae.
Supreme Court of Florida.
PARIENTE, J.
This case, pending in the federal court, involves interpretation of Florida law on third-party bad-faith causes of action in insurance cases. We have jurisdiction because the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals certified two questions,1 which are "determinative of the cause and for which there is no controlling precedent." Art. V, § 3(b)(6), Fla. Const.
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