FEDERATED NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. RESTORATION 1 OF SOUTH FLORIDA, LLC

No. 4D14-3404.

152 So.3d 1292 (2015)

FEDERATED NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. RESTORATION 1 OF SOUTH FLORIDA, LLC a/a/o Marie Loiseau, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 7, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Kwavnick and Paul Shafranski of Cooney Trybus Kwavnick Peets, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Erik D. Diener of The Diener Firm, P.A., Plantation, for respondent.


The petition for writ of prohibition is granted. The circuit court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over this declaratory judgment action, because the amount in controversy ($1,196.66) does not exceed the $15,000 jurisdictional amount.

The declaratory judgment statute provides:

The circuit and county courts have jurisdiction...

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