Opinion
No. 3D21-0434
01-26-2022
BEST AMERICAN DIAGNOSTIC CENTER, a/a/o Maricel Alvarez, Appellant, v. UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.
David B. Pakula, P.A., and David B. Pakula (Pembroke Pines); Law Office of Fernando J. Pomares, P.A., and Fernando J. Pomares, for appellant. Michael J. Neimand, for appellee.
David B. Pakula, P.A., and David B. Pakula (Pembroke Pines); Law Office of Fernando J. Pomares, P.A., and Fernando J. Pomares, for appellant.
Michael J. Neimand, for appellee.
Before SCALES, HENDON and MILLER, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Recognizing that the challenged final summary judgment effects a forfeiture of coverage, and based on appellee United Auto Insurance Company's concession that it was not its intent for coverage to have been forfeited in this case, we reverse the trial court's summary judgment and remand for further proceedings.
At oral argument, United Auto's counsel conceded that United Auto would have no objection to a reversal of the trial court's final summary judgment, so long as this Court instructed the trial court, on remand, to disregard any future claim by the appellant for attorney's fees incurred prior to remand. As appealing, and perhaps appropriate, as such a remand instruction may be, this issue is not currently before us and "Florida's appellate courts are not authorized to issue advisory opinions." Merkle v. Guardianship of Jacoby, 912 So. 2d 595, 599 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005).
Reversed and remanded.