GEICO GENERAL INS. CO. v. HARVEY

No. 4D12-1525.

109 So.3d 236 (2013)

GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. James M. HARVEY, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied March 27, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Richard Young , Adam A. Duke and Joseph A. Kopacz of Young, Bill, Roumbos & Boles, P.A., Pensacola, for petitioner.

David J. Sales of David J. Sales, P.A., Jupiter, for respondent.


GROSS, J.

GEICO General Insurance Company (GEICO) petitions for a writ of certiorari from a trial court order that denied its motion to dismiss defendant's post-verdict crossclaim against it. GEICO argues that the trial court departed from the essential requirements of law by denying its motion to dismiss the defendant's third party insurance bad faith action. We conclude that an insurance bad faith claim must be raised in a separate cause of action and cannot be...

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