JERILYN GALLUP NEDUCHAL, APPELLANT,
v.
ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, A FOREIGN CORPORATION, AND LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, A FOREIGN CORPORATION, APPELLEES

Fla. 5th DCA | 1980-11-26
No. 79-326
FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Jr., and SHARP, JJ., and JAMIESON, FRANCES ANN, Associate Judge, concur.
397 So. 2d 925 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (1980) Positive Treatment
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Holding

Section 627.4132, Florida Statutes, does not prohibit stacking uninsured motorist coverage under policies issued to different named insureds, and personal injury protection benefits cannot be set off against uninsured motorist coverage.


Facts & Procedural History

Plaintiff was injured in an automobile accident and sought to stack uninsured motorist coverage from his policy and the car owner's policy. The trial …

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

The summary final judgment entered herein is reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings, on the authority of State Farm Insurance Company v. Bergman, 387 So. 2d 494 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980).

REVERSED and. REMANDED.

FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Jr., and SHARP, JJ., and JAMIESON, FRANCES ANN, Associate Judge, concur. ON MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION

PER CURIAM.

In entering a summary final judgment for the appellant, Jerilyn Gallup Ne-duchal, in Neduchal’s action for injuries arising from an automobile accident, the trial judge ruled that section 627.4132, Florida Statutes (1979), prevented Neduchal from stacking uninsured motorist coverage under a policy issued to him upon the uninsured motorist coverage under a policy issued to Stapp, the owner of the car in which Neduchal was a passenger at the time of the accident. The apppellant points out that our prior opinion in this case did not indicate whether this ruling was correct. We hold, consistent with our opinions in Florida Insurance Guaranty Association v. Johnson, 392 So. 2d 1348 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980), and Day v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Corp., 388 So. 2d 351 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980), that the statute does not prohibit the stacking of coverages under policies isssued to different named insureds, as in the case here.

Furthermore, as noted in our earlier opinion, the trial judge’s ruling that personal injury protection benefits can be set off against uninsured motorist coverage was incorrect. See State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Bergman, 387 So. 2d 494 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980). The motion for clarification is granted, and as clarified herein, we adhere to our original opinion. The final judgment is reversed and the cause remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

REVERSED AND REMANDED. FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Jr. and SHARP, JJ., and JAMIESON, FRANCES ANN, Associate Judge, concur.


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