Legal Opinion

Esperanza Garcia v. Geico General Insurance Company

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided August 19, 2015No. 13-15788PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILSON, Circuit Judge:

GEICO General Insurance Company (GEICO) appeals from a final judgment entered in favor of Esperanza Garcia, personal representative of the estate of Paola Penafiel, on Garcia’s Coblentz bad faith claim against GEICO. 1 GEICO contends that the district court erred in denying the admission of evidence of the development of Florida law as it pertained to whether an insurance policy GEICO issued to Edgar Baena (Edgar) covered a vehicle collision involving Edgar and Penafiel. GEICO also argues that the district court improperly excluded evidence of earlier decisions of the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Ralph E. Coblentz, as Administrator, D.B.N. Of the Estate of Edward Thomas Coblentz, Deceased v. American Surety Company of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  2. Perera v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 2010
  3. United States v. Bernal-BenitezCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
  4. Federal Ins. Co. v. ApplesteinDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
  5. Chandler v. Geico Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 2011

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