Citizens Property Insurance Corporation v. Salkey

CRENSHAW, Judge.. Roña and Trevor Salkey sued Citizens Property Insurance Corporation for breach of contract after it denied coverage of their sinkhole claim. A jury found in favor of the Salkeys, and the trial court entered a final judgment awarding them $542,883.49.. Citizens appeals the final judgment and the resulting judgment awarding the Salkeys attorneys’ fees and costs. Because the trial court gave an improper jury instruction on Citizens’ burden of proof and compounded that error' with a misleading- instruction regarding a directed verdict it entered in favor of the Salkeys, we…