PATRONIS v. UNITED INS. CO. OF AMERICA

No. 1D18-2114.

299 So.3d 1152 (2020)

Jimmy PATRONIS, in his official capacity as Chief Financial Officer of the State of Florida, and the Florida Department of Financial Services, Appellants, v. UNITED INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA; The Reliable Life Insurance Company; Mutual Savings Life Insurance Company; and Reserve National Insurance Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied August 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Terwilleger of Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., Tallahassee; Peter Penrod , General Counsel, Department of Financial Services, Tallahassee, for Appellants.

M. Drew Parker of Radey Law Firm, Tallahassee, and Lynden Lyman , pro hac vice, Unclaimed Property Advisor, Concord, MA, in support of Appellants by Amici Curiae the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators.

M. Hope Keating of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Tallahassee; Nicole M. Ryan , pro hac vice and Carol Lynn Thompson , pro hac vice of Sidley Austin, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Appellees.

Katherine E. Giddings and Diane G. DeWolf of Akerman, LLC, Tallahassee, in support of Appellees by Amici Curiae American Council of Life Insurers; Christine Davis Graves of Carlton Fields, Tallahassee, in support of Appellees by Amici Curiae The National Alliance of Life Companies; Thomas P. Crapps , Timothy J. Meenan , and Kirsten Matthis of Meenan, P.A., Tallahassee, in support of Appellees by Amici Curiae Florida Insurance Council; Timothy G. Schoenwalder of Meenan, P.A., Tallahassee, and Andrew B. Kay , pro hac vice and P. Randolph Seybold , pro hac vice of Venable, LLP, Washington, DC, in support of Appellees by Amici Curiae Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.


This case involves life insurance, unclaimed property, and the ominous sounding "Death Master File," which is a federal electronic database administered by the Social Security Administration that includes the agency's records of the names, social security numbers, dates of birth and, of course, dates of death for individuals, going back...

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