WILLIAM KNIGHT, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Gov't Emps. Ins. Co. v. Novak, 453 So. 2d 1116 (Fla. 1984)
  …ter. It is well settled that “arising out of” does not mean “proximately caused by,” but has a much broader meaning. All that is required is some nexus between the motor vehicle and the injury. E.g., Government Employees Insurance Co. v. Batchelder, 421 So. 2d 59 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982); Indiana Insurance Co. v. Winston, 377 So. 2d 718 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979), cert. denied, 388 So. 2d 1120 (Fla.1980); Auto-Owners Insurance Co. v. Pridgen, 339 So. 2d 1164 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976); National Indemnity Co. v. Corbo, 248 So. 2…
• Stilson v. Allstate Ins. Co., 692 So. 2d 979 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997)
  …se must be construed liberally to extend coverage broadly whenever there is “some nexus” between the car and the injury. Government Employees Ins. Co. v. Novak, 453 So. 2d 1116 (Fla.1984). For example, in Government Employees Ins. Co. v. Batchelder, 421 So. 2d 59 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982), a child was injured when a beer bottle exploded inside the cab of a pickup truck. The court concluded that some nexus existed between the truck and the injury because the heat generated by the truck, as well as its movement, con…
• Westmoreland v. Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co., 704 So. 2d 176 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997)
  …tter. It is well settled that ‘arising out of does not mean ‘proximately caused by,’ but has a much broader meaning. All that is required is some nexus between the motor vehicle and the injury. E.g., Government Employees Insurance Co. v. Batchelder, 421 So. 2d 59 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982); Indiana Insurance Co. v. Winston, 377 So. 2d 718 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979), cert. denied, 388 So. 2d 1120 (Fla.1980); Auto-Owners Insurance Co. v. Pridgen, 339 So. 2d 1164 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976); National Indemnity Co. v. Corbo, 248 So. 2…

Authorities Cited

• Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (U.S. 1967)