Kanawha Insurance v. Morrison
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Per curiam
The order of the trial court denying appellant’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction is reversed. It is suggested that investigation of the cause of death by agents of appellant in Florida or that refusal of appellant to pay under its double indemnity clause constitutes a breach of the insurance contract in Florida so that jurisdiction attaches. Neither suggestion has merit. Payment of premiums for life insurance by mail from Florida to a foreign insurer is similarly insufficient to justify in personam jurisdiction over the foreign insurer. That aspect of Section 626.906 Florida…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Drake v. ScharlauDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
- Parliament Life Ins. Co. v. EGLIN NAT. BK.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976
- Kentucky Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. MillsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
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