Allstate Insurance Co. v. Williams
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
GODERICH, Judge.
The defendant, Allstate Insurance Company [Allstate], appeals from an adverse final judgment. We reverse.
While riding as a passenger in her father’s automobile, Alyson M. Williams, was injured in an accident. She filed suit against the other driver and her father’s underinsured/uninsured motorist [UM] carrier alleging negligence and seeking damages. Allstate answered the complaint denying that the other driver was underin-sured and asserting various affirmative defenses, including comparative negligence for failure to wear her seat belt and setoff for benefits received from…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Government Employees Ins. Co. v. BrewtonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. FerroDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
- STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INS. CO. v. MoherDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999