RESTORATION GENUE, INC. A/A/O MATTHEW MCDONALD AND TIFFANY MCDONALD
v.
CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION

Fla. 4th DCA | 2026-06-17
No. 2024-3346
Garrison, J., Klingensmith, J., Shepherd, J., Lott, J.
2026 FL 7406 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2026)

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Holding

An assignee may not receive an assignment of post-loss benefits under a residential property insurance policy in excess of the greater of $3,000 or 1 percent of the Coverage A limit when the assignor acts under urgent or emergency circumstances to protect property from damage.


Headnotes

[1] Under Florida Statute § 627.7152(2)(c), when an assignor executes an assignment agreement under urgent or emergency circumstances to protect, repair, restore, or replace…

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Key Quotes

“If an assignor acts under an urgent or emergency circumstance to protect property from damage and executes an assignment agreement to protect, repair, restore, or replace property or to mitigate against further damage to the property, an assignee may not receive an assignment of post-loss benefits under a residential property insurance policy in excess of the greater of $3,000 or 1 percent of the Coverage A limit under such policy.”

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Facts & Procedural History

Restoration Genie, Inc. sought to recover post-loss benefits under a residential property insurance policy issued by Citizens Property Insurance Corpo…

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Opinion of the Court

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FOURTH DISTRICT

RESTORATION GENIE, INC., a/a/o Matthew and Tiffany McDonald, Appellants,

V.

CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION, Appellee.

No. 4D2024-3346 [June 17, 2026]

Appeal from the County Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Edward A. Garrison, Judge; L.T. Case No. 502024SC010379XXXAMB.

Melissa A. Giasi of Giasi Law, P.A., Tampa, for appellants.

Edgardo Ferreyra, Jr. of Luks, Santaniello, Petrillo, Cohen & Peterfriend, Miami, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See § 627.7152(2)(c), Fla. Stat. (2022) (“If an assignor acts under an urgent or emergency circumstance to protect property from damage and executes an assignment agreement to protect, repair, restore, or replace property or to mitigate against further damage to the property, an assignee may not receive an assignment of post-loss benefits under a residential property insurance policy in excess of the greater of $3,000 or 1 percent of the Coverage A limit under such policy.").

KLINGENSMITH, SHEPHERD and LOTT, JJ., concur.

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Not final until disposition of timely-filed motion for rehearing.


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