DEMASE v. STATE FARM FLORIDA INSURANCE

Case No. 5D16-2390.

239 So.3d 218 (2018)

Thomas DEMASE and Joanne Demase, Appellants, v. STATE FARM FLORIDA INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed March 29, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Lauten and George A. Vaka , of Vaka Law Group, Tampa, and Kelly L. Kubiak , of Merlin Law Group, Tampa, for Appellants.

Lee Craig and Matthew J. Lavisky , of Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, Tampa, for Appellee.


Thomas and Joanne Demase appeal a final order dismissing their bad faith lawsuit against their insurer, State Farm Florida Insurance Company, with prejudice. They argue that the trial court erred in ruling that they could not maintain a bad faith action without alleging that there had been a favorable resolution of an underlying civil...

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