Chandler v. Geico Indemnity Co.

Petitioners seek review of the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in Geico Indemnity Co. v. Shazier, 34 So.3d 42 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010), on the basis that it conflicts with the decisions of this Court in Susco Car Rental System, of Florida v. Leonard, 112 So.2d 832 (Fla.1959), and Roth v. Old Republic Insurance Co., 269 So.2d 3 (Fla.1972). In Shazier, the district court resolved a question regarding an insurer’s duty to defend and indemnify its insured in favor of the insurer. In doing so, the First District relied on a very constricted definition of “consent” and employed an…