MAURICE SIRANTOINE AND PIERETTE SIRANTOINE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HUSBAND AND WIFE, APPELLANTS,
v.
ILLINOIS EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU, APPELLEE
MAURICE SIRANTOINE AND PIERETTE SIRANTOINE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HUSBAND AND WIFE, APPELLANTS,
ILLINOIS EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU, APPELLEE
438 So. 2d 985
Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1983)
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
We reverse and remand with directions to enter judgment for the Sirantoines upon a holding that an excess insurer must offer uninsured motorist coverage equal to the excess limits of bodily injury liability, notwithstanding a rejection of uninsured motorist coverage in the primary policy. See First State Insurance Co. v. Stubbs, 418 So. 2d 1114 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982), review denied, 426 So. 2d 26 (Fla.1983); § 627.-727(1), Fla.Stat. (1981).
Reversed and remanded with directions to enter judgment for the defendants below.
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- First State Ins. Co. v. Stubbs, 418 So. 2d 1114 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982)