PETTY v. FLORIDA INS. GUAR. ASS'N.

No. SC10-2097.

80 So.3d 313 (2012)

Diane PETTY, et al., Petitioners, v. FLORIDA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 19, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan S. Gowdy and Jessie L. Harrell of Creed and Gowdy, P.A., Jacksonville, FL; and Bob G. Freemon and Ron A. Hobgood of Freemon and Miller, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Petitioners.

G. William Bissett, Jr . of Kubicki Draper, P.A., Miami, FL, and Courtney A. Umberger of Kubicki Draper, P.A., Tampa, FL; and Dorothy Venable Difiore of Haas, Lewis, Difiore and Amos, Tampa, FL, for Respondent.

Jeffrey M. Liggio , West Palm Beach, FL, and Perry Tanksley , Sarasota, FL, on behalf of Florida Justice Association; Alan S. Wachs , Chris T. Harris , and Michael M. Giel of Volpe, Bajalia, Wickes, Rogerson and Wachs, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, on behalf of William and Annette Sturdivant; Eric S. Scott , Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Rehabilitation and Liquidation; Maria Elena Abate , Fred E. Karlinsky , and Adam S. Rubenfield of Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky and Abate, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, on behalf of Florida Property and Casualty Association (FPCA), and N. Hope Keating of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Tallahassee, FL and James A. Friedman of Godfrey and Kahn, S.C., Madison, Wisconsin, on behalf of The National Conference of Insurance Guaranty Funds, as Amici Curiae.


POLSTON, J.

We review the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal in Florida Insurance Guaranty Ass'n v. Petty, 44 So.3d 1191 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010), which certified conflict with the decision of the Third District Court of Appeal in Florida Insurance Guaranty Ass'n v. Soto, 979 So.2d 964 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008).1

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