RONALD REDDY AND YOLANDA REDDY, APPELLANTS,
v.
STATE FARM FLORIDA INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 2016-11-23
No. 3D16-512
Per Curiam
207 So. 3d 338 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2016) Positive Treatment
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Synopsis

The court affirmed summary judgment for State Farm, holding that the insureds' failure to comply with pre-suit policy requirements, including submission of satisfactory proof of loss and examination under oath, barred their claim.


Holding

Failure to comply with a policy's condition precedent requiring sworn proof of loss before suit bars the insured from recovering policy proceeds.


Headnotes

[1] Submission of sworn proof of loss when required by an insurance policy is a condition precedent to coverage, and failure to comply before filing suit constitutes material…

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Facts & Procedural History

Ronald and Yolanda Reddy filed suit against State Farm Florida Insurance Company seeking policy proceeds. The insureds had not complied with pre-suit …

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. Gonzalez v. State Farm Fla. Ins. Co., 65 So.3d 608, 609 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011) (holding “[t]he summary judgment entered below for the insurer on the ground that the insured had failed to comply with the pre-suit requirements of the policy that, among other things, she provide a satisfactory proof of loss and submit to an examination under oath, is affirmed.”); Edwards v. State Farm Fla. Ins. Co., 64 So.3d 730 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011) (affirming summary judgment in favor of insurer based upon insured’s failure to comply with condition precedent by providing insurer with documents accurately reflecting the amount of loss claimed); Hunt v. State Farm Fla. Ins. Co., 145 So.3d 210, 211-12 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014) (observing that “[i]t is well settled in Florida that submission of a sworn proof of loss when required by an insurance policy is a condition precedent to coverage. If the insured fails to comply with a condition precedent before filing suit, its breach is deemed material, and thus the insurer is relieved of its duties under the policy”)(internal citations omitted); Starling v. Allstate Floridian Ins. Co., 956 So.2d 511, 513 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007) (holding that “[wjhere the insured has failed to provide sworn proof-of-loss in accordance with the policy contract, the insured is barred from filing suit against the insurer for the policy proceeds”).


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