Citizens Property v. Ueberschaer

Full title: CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: May 25, 2007

Case No. 1D06-291 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. May. 25, 2007)

Opinion

Case No. 1D06-291.

Opinion filed May 25, 2007.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County. R.V. Swanson, Judge.

G. Alan Howard and Robert M. Dees of Milam, Howard, Nicandri, Dees Gillam, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellant.

Eric P. Sventek of Thomas J. Ueberschaer, P.A., Pensacola; Louis K. Rosenbloum of Louis K. Rosenbloum, P.A., Pensacola, for Appellee.

ON APPELLANT'S MOTION FOR CERTIFICATION TO THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT

PER CURIAM.

Appellant/Cross-Appellee's motion is granted to the extent that we certify the following question to the Florida Supreme Court as a question of great public importance:

DOES THE ENABLING STATUTE FOR CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION, § 627.351(6), FLA. STAT. (2004), PRECLUDE AN AWARD OF POLICY LIMITS UNDER THE VALUED POLICY LAW, § 627.702(1), FLA. STAT. (2004), WHEN THE COVERED PERIL OF WINDSTORM AND THE EXCLUDED PERIL OF FLOOD COMBINE TO PRODUCE A TOTAL LOSS TO THE INSURED PROPERTY?

PADOVANO, LEWIS, and THOMAS, JJ., CONCUR.