FLORIDA INS. GUAR. ASS'N, INC. v. BERNARD

No. 1D13-3208.

140 So.3d 1023 (2014)

FLORIDA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, INC., as statutory successor in interest to Home Wise Insurance Company f/k/a First Home Insurance Company, Inc., Appellant, v. Tammy BERNARD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied June 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gigi Rollini of Messer Caparello, P.A., and Mark K. Delegal of Holland & Knight LLP, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

George A. Vaka and Nancy A. Lauten , Vaka Law Group, P.L., Tampa, for Appellee.


WETHERELL, J.

Florida Insurance Guaranty Association, Inc. (FIGA), appeals the final summary judgment ordering it to pay approximately $237,000 directly to Tammy Bernard for sinkhole loss to her home. FIGA argues that the trial court erred in determining that its liability for this loss was governed by the 2010 definition of "covered claim" in section 631.54(3), Florida Statutes, rather than the more restrictive definition in the 2011 version of the statute. We agree...

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