Continental Insurance v. Jones

McDonald, justice.

We respond to Jones v. Continental Insurance Co., 920 F.2d 847, 851 (11th Cir.1991), in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit certified the following question to the Supreme Court of Florida:

What is the appropriate measure of damages in a first-party action for bad faith failure to settle an uninsured motorist insurance claim (under Fla.Stat. § 624.-155(l)(b)(l.)[) ]?

We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(6), Florida Constitution.

We recently addressed this issue in McLeod v. Continental Insurance Co., 591 So.2d 621 (Fla.1992),…