Tapia v. State Farm Florida Ins. Co.

Full title: Daisy Tapia, Appellant, v. State Farm Florida Insurance Company, etc.…

Court: Florida Court of Appeals, Third District

Date published: Jul 12, 2023

No. 3D21-1677 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Jul. 12, 2023)

Opinion

3D21-1677

07-12-2023

Daisy Tapia, Appellant, v. State Farm Florida Insurance Company, etc., Appellee.

Legal Armor The People's Law Firm, Inc., and Alian M. Perez, for appellant. Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, and Brian A. Hohman (Tampa); Russo Appellate Firm, P.A., and Elizabeth K. Russo, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Barbara Areces, Judge. Lower Tribunal No. 18-1761

Legal Armor The People's Law Firm, Inc., and Alian M. Perez, for appellant.

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, and Brian A. Hohman (Tampa); Russo Appellate Firm, P.A., and Elizabeth K. Russo, for appellee.

Before LOGUE, C.J., and LINDSEY and LOBREE, JJ.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Goldberg v. Universal Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., 302 So.3d 919 (Fla. 4th DCA 2020) (insured's breach of contract action was premature where suit was filed without having first submitted supplemental claim, competing estimate, or demand letter specifying claim to inform insurer of amount of additional benefits insured believed he was entitled); see also Allied Prop. Grp., Inc. v. Micor, LLC, 338 So.3d 1024 (Fla. 3d DCA 2022) (party cannot raise issue for first time on appeal).