Legal Opinion

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group v. Cifuentes

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 17, 2000No. 3D99-1547Published

1Per curiam

Liberty Mutual appeals an order of final summary judgment entered in favor of the homeowners. For the following reason, we reverse and remand for further proceedings. Under Florida law, an insurer should be relieved of all liability under an insurance policy if the insurer has been prejudiced by the insured’s failure to comply with the notice of lawsuit provision in the policy. See e.g., Tiedtke v. Fidelity & Cas. Co. of New York, 222 So.2d 206 (Fla.1969); Perez v. Public Serv. Mut. Ins. Co., 755 So.2d 168 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000); Wolfson v. Insurance Co. of Florida, 451 So.2d 1005 (Fla. 3d DCA…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Tiedtke v. Fidelity & Casualty Company of New YorkSupreme Court of Florida · 1969
  2. ALABAMA FARM BUREAU MUTUAL CAS. INS. CO. v. HarrisDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1967
  3. Wolfson v. Insurance Co. of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  4. Perez v. Public Service Mut. Ins. Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000

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