Arch Insurance Company v. Kubicki Draper, LLP

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC19-673 ____________ ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, vs. KUBICKI DRAPER, LLP, Respondent. June 3, 2021 POLSTON, J. We review the Fourth District Court of Appeal’s decision in Arch Insurance Co. v. Kubicki Draper, LLP,

266 So. 3d 1210

(Fla. 4th DCA 2019), in which the Fourth District certified the following question of great public importance: WHETHER AN INSURER HAS STANDING TO MAINTAIN A MALPRACTICE ACTION AGAINST COUNSEL HIRED TO REPRESENT THE INSURED WHERE THE INSURER HAS A DUTY TO DEFEND.

Id. at 1215.1 We rephrase the certified question as…