LANTANA INS., LTD. v. THORNTON

No. 3D13-583.

118 So.3d 250 (2013)

LANTANA INSURANCE, LTD., Petitioner, v. Joseph C. THORNTON, III; Jean Thornton; Markhamat (Mya) Abdujalalova; and Robert Dean, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, Jay D. O'Sullivan , Hector R. Rivera and Justin D. Siegwald , for petitioner.

Richard A. Sherman, Sr. , Fort Lauderdale; Fulmer, LeRoy, Albee Baumann & Glass, and Richard Fulmer , Fort Lauderdale; Garcia & Smith and Ronald E. Solomon , Key West, for respondents.

Before SHEPHERD, C.J., and WELLS and SUAREZ, JJ.


WELLS, Judge.

Lantana Insurance, LTD, seeks certiorari review of an interlocutory order denying its motion to dismiss a third-party complaint for declaratory judgment. Because the conditions mandated by section 627.4136 of the Florida Statutes have not been met, we grant the writ and quash the order denying dismissal.

Lantana is one of two insurance companies providing homeowners' insurance to Jean Thornton who allegedly, while walking a friend's dog, "clothes...

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