Legal Opinion
Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Eddinger
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided January 5, 1979No. 78-285PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
366 So.2d 123 (1979)
AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant,
v.
Joyce Irene EDDINGER, Formerly Joyce Irene Chafin, Appellee.
No. 78-285.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
January 5, 1979.
John W. Berry, Sarasota, for appellant.
E. David Tyner of Sumner, Tyner, Williams, McKnight & Ross, Dade City, for appellee.
OTT, Judge.
The question presented is whether the fraudulent act of a named co-insured voids the policy protection to an innocent co-insured. We answer the question in the negative and affirm.
Mr. Chafin and his wife, Joyce Irene Chafin, (now known as Joyce Irene Eddinger)…
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