PAMELA KING
v.
PEOPLE'S TRUST INSURANCE COMPANY

Fla. 6th DCA | 2024-09-13
No. 6D2023-3971
374 So. 3d 900 2024 FL 11288 Florida District Court of Appeal, Sixth District (2024) Negative Treatment
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Synopsis

Pamela King appeals a trial court's dismissal of her insurance complaint for failing to comply with Florida Statutes section 627.70152(3). The appellate court reversed the dismissal, finding the case indistinguishable from Hughes v. Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co., and certified conflict with a Fourth District decision.


Holding

The dismissal is reversed and the case is remanded for further proceedings. The court found that this case is indistinguishable in all material respects from Hughes v. Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co., which addresses the same statutory compliance issue.


Headnotes

[1] A complaint may not be dismissed for alleged non-compliance with section 627.70152(3), Florida Statutes, when the circumstances are materially indistinguishable from those addressed in Hughes v. …

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“Based on our recent decision in Hughes v. Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co., 374 So. 3d 900 (Fla. 6th DCA 2023), which is indistinguishable in all material respects from the instant case, we reverse the dismissal and remand this case for further proceedings.”

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Facts & Procedural History

Pamela King filed a complaint against People's Trust Insurance Company. The trial court dismissed the complaint on October 30, 2023, finding that King…

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Opinion of the Court

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County.

Evellen Jewett, Judge.

September 13, 2024 PER CURIAM.

Pamela King appeals the trial court’s October 30, 2023, order dismissing her complaint for failing to comply with section 627.70152(3), Florida Statutes. Based on our recent decision in Hughes v. Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co., 374 So. 3d 900 (Fla. 6th DCA 2023), which is indistinguishable in all material respects from the instant case, we reverse the dismissal and remand this case for further proceedings. For the same reasons set forth in Hughes, we certify this

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decision to be in direct conflict with Cole v. Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co., 363 So. 3d 1089 (Fla. 4th DCA 2023). REVERSED and REMANDED. CONFLICT CERTIFIED.

NARDELLA and BROWNLEE, JJ., concur. LAMBERT, B.D., Associate Judge, concurs in result only. Jeremy D. Bailie, of Weber, Crabb & Wein, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellant. Mark D. Tinker and Brandon J. Tyler, of Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee. NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED


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