Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. U.S.C.P. Co.

INTRODUCTION

My opinion is divided into two parts — the Introduction and the Merits.

The introduction has been written primarily because of my concern for the unnecessary delays incurred in this court’s decision making process, which delays have effectively silenced my views on the one issue occasioning en banc consideration; namely, whether we should or should not recede from Allstate Insurance Company v. Gibbs, 340 So.2d 1202, (Fla. 4th DCA (1976), cert, dismissed, 354 So.2d 980 (Fla. 1977).

I use the word “silenced” because the delay in the issuance of the majority opinion in this case…