Gritter v. Ins. Co. of North America

Full title: BRUCE GRITTER AND SUSAN GRITTER, APPELLANTS, v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jan 21, 1987

499 So. 2d 875 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

Opinion

No. 4-86-0335.

December 10, 1986. Rehearing and Clarification Denied January 21, 1987.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Broward County; George A. Shahood, Judge.

Philip S. Anderson of Anderson Anderson, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.

Joseph S. Kashi of Conrad, Scherer James, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

GUNTHER, Judge.

We reverse the final judgment entered in favor of the insurer following cross motions for summary judgment and do so on the authority of Ohio Casualty Insurance Co. v. Fike, 304 So.2d 136 (Fla. 4th DCA 1974), and Hines v. Wausau Underwriters Insurance Co., 408 So.2d 772, 774 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982). Accordingly, we hold that Bruce Gritter is a named insured under the policy of insurance and is entitled to uninsured motorist coverage without regard to the particular vehicle involved in the accident that resulted in his injuries.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

LETTS and STONE, JJ., concur.