SAFECO INS. CO. OF ILLINOIS v. BEARE

No. 4D13-3104.

152 So.3d 614 (2014)

SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, Petitioner, v. Christine A. BEARE, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing En Banc Denied December 31, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Shapiro , James A. Bombulie and Ross E. Linzer of Akerman Senterfitt, Miami, for petitioner.

Philip M. Burlington and Adam J. Richardson of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, and David M. Alpizar of Alpizar Law, LLC, Palm Bay, for respondent.


Petitioner, Safeco Insurance Company, challenges the trial court's order abating plaintiff's claim against it for bad faith refusal to settle the plaintiff's uninsured/underinsured motorist ("UM") claim, rather than dismissing the claim in favor of a separate suit. Petitioner contends that the abatement precludes it from removing the...

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