AMERICAN COASTAL INSURANCE COMPANY
v.
VERSAILLES GARDENS I CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.

Fla. 3d DCA | 2026-01-28
No. 2025-1139
Scales, C.J., Emas, J., Miller, J., Trawick, J.
2026 FL 955 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2026)

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Holding

A trial court does not abuse its discretion by ordering an unresolved coverage determination and appraisal to proceed on a dual-track basis.


Headnotes

[1] A trial court does not abuse its discretion by ordering an unresolved coverage determination and appraisal to proceed on a dual-track basis in an insurance dispute.

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Facts & Procedural History

American Coastal Insurance Company appealed a non-final order from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County regarding a dispute with Versailles Gardens…

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Opinion of the Court
Scales

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed January 28, 2026. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D25-1139 Lower Tribunal No. 19-9801-CA-01 ________________

American Coastal Insurance Company, Appellant,

vs.

Versailles Gardens I Condominium Association, Inc., Appellee.

An Appeal from a non-final order from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Daryl E. Trawick, Judge.

Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry, LLP, and C. Ryan Jones, and David T. Burr (St. Petersburg), for appellant.

Kula & Associates, P.A., and Elliot B. Kula, and William D. Mueller, for appellee.

Before SCALES, C.J., and EMAS, and MILLER, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

2

Affirmed. See Heritage Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Century Park Condo. No. 2 Ass’n, Inc., 388 So. 3d 874, 875 (Fla. 3d DCA 2023) (finding no abuse of discretion in “order[ing] the unresolved coverage determination and appraisal to proceed on a dual-track basis”).


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