WASHINGTON NAT. INS. CORP. v. RUDERMAN

No. SC12-323.

117 So.3d 943 (2013)

WASHINGTON NATIONAL INSURANCE CORPORATION, etc., Appellant, v. Sydelle RUDERMAN, etc., et al., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 3, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Koleos of Koleos Rosenberg, P.A., Plantation, FL; Adam J. Kaiser and Jeffrey J. Amato of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, New York, NY, for Appellant.

Gary M. Farmer, Sr. , Steven R. Jaffe , and Mark S. Fistos of Farmer Jaffe Weissing Edwards Fistos & Lehrman, P.L., Fort Lauderdale, FL; Neil Rose of Bernstein, Chackman, Liss & Rose, Hollywood, FL; and Steven M. Dunn of Dunn & Johnson, P.A., Bay Harbor Islands, FL, for Appellees.

Laura A. Foggan of Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC; William D. Horgan of Banker Lopez Gassler , Tallahassee, FL, for Amicus Curiae Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association.

Bard D. Rockenbach of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm, FL, Amicus Curiae, Florida Justice Association.

Jason S. Mazer and Benjamin C. Hassebrock of Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, P.A., Miami, FL, for Amicus Curiae United Policyholders.


LABARGA, J.

This case is before the Court for review of a question of Florida law certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that is determinative of a cause pending in that court and for which that court has indicated there appears to be no controlling precedent. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(6), Fla. Const. In Ruderman ex rel. Schwartz v. Washington National Insurance Corp., 671 F.3d 1208...

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