Legal Opinion
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Marshall
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 23, 1993No. 92-2140PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIAMANTIS, Judge.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) appeals the non-final order denying its motion for new trial which was entered by the trial court after a jury returned a verdict in favor of appellee, Paula Duszik, on her claim for bad faith. We reverse because we find that the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to determine the bad faith claim.
In February 1989 Duszik was driving north on SR 500 in Ocala. Patrick Marshall walked directly in front of Duszik’s vehicle. Duszik did not see Marshall, and her car struck him. As a result of this collision,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- May v. HolleySupreme Court of Florida · 1952
- Blanchard v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins.Supreme Court of Florida · 1991
- Martinez v. ScanlanSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
- Fidelity and Cas. Co. of New York v. CopeSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
- Kelly v. WilliamsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Cunningham v. Standard Guar. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1994
- Higgins v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 2004
- Sutton v. DEPT., ENVIRON. PROTECTIONDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
- David Madison Cawthorn v. Auto-Owners Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2019