Continental Assurance Co. v. Carroll

McDonald, justice.

The Fourth District Court of Appeal has certified the following question as one of great public importance:

Does the special concurrence in National Standard Life Insurance Company v. Permenter modify the strict rule set forth in Life Insurance Company of Virginia v. Shifflet that all misrepresentations material to the acceptance of risk will invalidate an insurance policy, even if made in good faith?

Continental Assurance Co. v. Carroll, 459 So.2d 443, 446 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984). This Court has jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4), Florida Constitution. We answer…