J.H. DOWLING, INC., APPELLANT,

v.

CARLTON SHEFFIELD AND REDIA T. SHEFFIELD, HIS WIFE, APPELLEES

Citator

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• Canadian Home Ins. Co. v. Norris, 471 So. 2d 217 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985)
  …law rule which permitted direct joinder of an insurer in an action by the injured third-party beneficiary. VanBibber v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Insurance Company, 439 So. 2d 880 (Fla.1983); Osborne v. Elizabeth Mas sey Investment Corporation, 467 So. 2d 1095 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985). As the statute is currently drafted, a plaintiff’s third-party interest in the insurance policy must vest, by way of final judgment, before an action is filed against the insurer. Neither the plain language of the statute, nor t…
• Wells v. Michaud, 516 So. 2d 1066 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987)
  …troactively, therefore direct joinder of the insurance carrier is proper under these facts. See VanBibber v. Hartford Accident & [*1067] Indemnity Insurance Co., 439 So. 2d 880 (Fla.1983). See also Osborne v. Elizabeth Massey Investment Corporation, 467 So. 2d 1095 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985). Additionally, service was properly perfected pursuant to section 48.151(3), Florida Statutes (1985). The record is not clear whether any of the individual defendants/insureds have been served with process. It is clear, however,…
• Steelmet, Inc. v. Caribe Towing Corp., 779 F.2d 1485 (11th Cir. 1986)
  …a trial court which, on the basis of the 1982 statute, had refused to permit a direct action against the insurer on a cause of action arising in May 1982. Finally, the Fourth District Court of Appeal, in Osborne v. Elizabeth Massey Investment Corp., 467 So. 2d 1095 (Fla.D.C.A. 4th 1985), held, first, that a 1979 cause of action was controlled by the law in effect at the time the cause of action arose, which was “the common law rule of Shingleton v. Bussey, ” and, second, reaffirmed that Shingleton was not limi…