Legal Opinion

Chesapeake House, Inc. v. Lee Mutual Insurance Agency, Inc.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 11, 1970No. 69-572PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MANN, Judge.

An insurance broker is not, as a matter of law, the insured’s agent for receipt of premium refund upon cancellation. Hermann v. Niagara Fire Ins. Co., 1885, 100 N.Y. 411, 3 N.E. 341. Whether the broker is agent as a matter of fact is not determined by the record on which summary judgment was entered. Agency, pleaded here, is yet to be determined. Miller v. Chase & Co., 1924, 88 Fla. 500, 102 So. 553. See 44 C.J.S. Insurance § 168; 44 Am.Jur.2d Insurance § 151 et seq.

Reversed and remanded.

HOBSON, C. J., and LILES, J., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hermann v. Niagara Fire InsururanceNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
  2. Miller v. Chase & Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1924

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. McFarling v. Demco, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1976
  2. Weeki Wachee Orchid Gardens v. FLORIDA INLAND TH.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1970