SOUTHERN FLORIDABANC FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION F/K/A SOUTHERN FLORIDABANC SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, APPELLANT,
v.
FIRST FLORIDA FUNDING CORPORATION, A FLORIDA CORPORATION, AND COMMONWEALTH MORTGAGE ASSURANCE COMPANY, A MARYLAND CORPORATION, APPELLEES
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Florida appellate court reversed summary judgment rescinding a mortgage guaranty insurance contract, holding that unilateral mistake of fact is not a valid ground for rescission because the Insurance Code provisions on mistake were not incorporated into the mortgage guaranty insurance statute.
Unilateral mistake of fact is not a proper ground for rescinding a mortgage guaranty insurance contract in Florida because mistake provisions in section 627.409 were not incorporated into chapter 635 governing mortgage guaranty insurance.
[1] Unilateral mistake of fact is not a valid ground for rescission of a mortgage guaranty insurance contract in Florida when the statutory mistake provisions of the Insuranc…
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PER CURIAM.
Appellant, Southern Floridabanc Federal Savings and Loan Association, appeals a final summary judgment in favor of appel-lee, Commonwealth Mortgage Assurance Company, on appellee’s counterclaim for rescission of a mortgage guaranty contract, and on appellant’s claims for breach of contract and declaratory relief. The trial court rescinded the mortgage guaranty insurance contract issued by appellee, based on the common law doctrine of unilateral mistake of fact.
We reverse the final summary judgment and remand for further proceedings based on a holding that unilateral mistake of fact is not a proper ground for rescinding a mortgage guaranty insurance contract in Florida. This is because mistake, as a ground for avoiding an insurance contract, is embodied within section 627.409, Florida Statutes (1989), of the Florida Insurance Code. Since section 627.409, Florida Statutes, has not been incorporated into chapter 635, Florida Statutes (1989), which governs mortgage guaranty insurance, appel-lee may not obtain rescission of its mortgage guaranty insurance contract based on unilateral mistake of fact. See Home Guaranty Insurance Corporation v. Numerica Financial Services, Inc., 835 F. 2d 1354 (11th Cir.1988).
Reversed and remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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