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HARVEY v. GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE

No. SC17-85.

259 So.3d 1 (2018)

Suzanne HARVEY, etc., Petitioner, v. GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 20, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberly L. Boldt of Boldt Law Firm, P.A., Boca Raton, Florida; Fred Cunningham and Sean Domnick of Domnick Cunningham & Whalen, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; and Philip M. Burlington , Bard D. Rockenbach , and Andrew A. Harris of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, Florida, for Petitioner.

B. Richard Young , Adam A. Duke , and Cody S. Pflueger of Young, Bill, Boles, Palmer & Duke, P.A., Miami, Florida, for Respondent.

Louis K. Rosenbloum of Louis K. Rosenbloum, P.A., Pensacola, Florida, for Amicus Curiae Florida Justice Association.

Stephen A. Marino, Jr. , Benjamin C. Hassebrock , and Michal Meiler of Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, P.A., Miami, Florida; and Mark A. Boyle , Molly Chafe Brockmeyer , and Meagan R. Cyrus of Boyle & Leonard, P.A., Fort Myers, Florida, for Amicus Curiae United Policyholders.

Rodolfo Sorondo, Jr. , of Holland & Knight LLP, Miami, Florida; and William W. Large of Florida Justice Reform Institute, Tallahassee, Florida, for Amicus Curiae Florida Justice Reform Institute.

Christine Davis Graves and Sylvia H. Walbolt of Carlton Fields, Tallahassee, Florida, for Amici Curiae American Insurance Association, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, Personal Insurance Federation of Florida, and Property Casualty Insurers Association of America.

This case involves the application of the law of bad faith, which imposes a fiduciary obligation on an insurer to protect its insured from a judgment that exceeds the limits of the insured's policy. The specific issue in this case is whether the Fourth District Court of Appeal misapplied this Court's bad faith precedent and relied on...

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