Seibert v. McNamara

GRIMES, Justice.

We review McNamara v. Seibert, 537 So.2d 1009 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988), in which the Fifth District Court of Appeal, on rehearing, certified to this Court the following question of great public importance:

MAY A SURVIVOR, AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE FLORIDA WRONGFUL DEATH ACT, RECOVER FROM HIS OWN UNINSURED MOTORIST INSURANCE POLICY HIS DAMAGES WHERE THE DECEDENT IS NOT A COVERED PERSON UNDER THE POLICY?

Id. at 1010-11. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

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