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Lazo v. Benefit Trust Life Insurance Co.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Aug 9, 1994
640 So. 2d 1224 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

Opinion

No. 94-109.

August 9, 1994.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County; Philip Bloom, Judge.

Robert G. Corirossi, Nard S. Helman, Miami, for appellant.

Shutts Bowen, Brenton N. Ver Ploeg and Stephen S. Stallings, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE and GERSTEN, JJ.


The summary judgment entered below for the insurance company under section 627.409, Florida Statutes (1991), is reversed because the record demonstrates unresolved material issues as to "the extent of the questions asked by the insurance agent, the accuracy of the answers given by the insured[,] the insured's alleged misrepresentation[s]," Travelers Ins. Co. v. Zimmerman, 309 So.2d 569, 570 (Fla. 3d DCA 1975), and their materiality. Union Am. Ins. Co. v. Fernandez, 603 So.2d 653 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992); Underwriters Nat'l Assurance Co. v. Harrison, 338 So.2d 58 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976).


Summaries of

Lazo v. Benefit Trust Life Insurance Co.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Aug 9, 1994
640 So. 2d 1224 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)
Case details for

Lazo v. Benefit Trust Life Insurance Co.

Case Details

Full title:PEDRO LAZO, APPELLANT, v. BENEFIT TRUST LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Aug 9, 1994

Citations

640 So. 2d 1224 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)