DONALD LAMONT POSTELL, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

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• Gen. Star Indem. Co. v. W. Fla. Vill. INN, Inc., 874 So. 2d 26 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004)
  …v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Ins. Co., 711 So. 2d 1135, 1140 (Fla.1998). We are mindful that policy provisions excluding or limiting the insurer’s liability are construed more strictly than coverage provisions. Purrelli v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 698 So. 2d 618, 620 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997). Such limiting provisions must be construed in favor of the insured if they are ambiguous or reasonably susceptible to more than one meaning. Deni, 711 So. 2d at 1138. However, the rule of liberal construction in favor of the…
• State Comprehensive Health Ass'n v. Gerri A. Carmichael, 706 So. 2d 319 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997)
  …. v. Adelberg, 698 So. 2d 828 (Fla.1997); Prudential Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Swindal, 622 So. 2d 467 (Fla.1993). In addition, exclusionary clauses are to be construed even more strictly than coverage clauses. See Purrelli v. State Farm Fire & Cas., 698 So. 2d 618, 620 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997); Triano v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 565 So. 2d 748, 749 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990); Allstate Ins. Co. v. Shofner, 573 So. 2d 47, 49 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990); see also State Farm v. Pridgen, 498 So. 2d 1245, 1248 (Fla.1986). Here,…
• Discover Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Beach Cars OF W. Palm, Inc., 929 So. 2d 729 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006)
  …ressive Consumers Ins. Co., 819 So. 2d 732, 735 (Fla.2002). The most basic of these rules is that ambiguous policy provisions are to be construed in favor of the insured and against their drafter, the insurer. Purrelli v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 698 So. 2d 618, 620 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997). Such a construction most typically will result in a finding of coverage. Farrer v. U.S. Fid. & Guar. Co., 809 So. 2d 85, 88 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002). In considering Appellant’s argument, it is significant to note the primary cas…