Geico Casualty Insurance v. Dupotey

This is an appeal from an order enforcing a settlement. We reverse.

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The question presented is whether GEI-CO Casualty Insurance Company entered into a binding settlement agreement to pay its policy limits to appellee Joel Dupotey.

GEICO issued an automobile liability insurance policy to Michael Hofmann. He and Adelaida Sanchez rented a car from Enterprise Leasing Company.

While driving the rental car on an expressway in Miami-Dade County, Hof-mann drove the rental car into the emergency lane and collided with a disabled vehicle which was properly parked there. The collision seriously injured…