Opinion
No. 97-3746
Opinion filed June 3, 1998 JANUARY TERM 1998 Rehearing Denied July 1, 1998.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, St. Lucie County; Scott Kenney, Judge; L.T. No. 96-439 CA 17.
Michael J. Ferrin, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Hinda Klein of Conroy, Simberg Ganon, P.A., Hollywood, for Appellee Progressive American Insurance Company.
We affirm the trial court's entry of summary judgment. Because the employer of Appellant, David Deison, is the named insured and Appellant is the listed driver, his children do not qualify as insureds under the language of either the uninsured motorist coverage under the policy, or section 627.727, Florida Statutes.See Pearcy v. Travelers Indem. Co., 429 So.2d 1298, 1298-99 (Fla. 3dDCA 1983). Therefore, proof that the employer knowingly rejected or reduced uninsured motorist coverage for the children was unnecessary. See § 627.727(1), Fla. Stat. (1997).
STONE, C.J., FARMER and GROSS, JJ., concur.