American Coastal Insurance Company v. Patios West One Condominium Association, Inc.

• Court: Supreme Court of Florida
• Decided: May 15, 2025
• Docket: SC2024-0160
• Status: Published

Opinion

Supreme Court of Florida ____________

No. SC2024-0160 ____________

AMERICAN COASTAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner,

vs.

PATIOS WEST ONE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., Respondent.

May 15, 2025

PER CURIAM.

We initially accepted discretionary review of the Third District

Court of Appeal’s decision in Patios West One Condominium Ass’n,

Inc. v. American Coastal Insurance Co., 388 So. 3d 893 (Fla. 3d DCA

2024), based on express and direct conflict. See art. V, § 3(b)(3),

Fla. Const. Upon further consideration, and with the benefit of oral

argument, we exercise our discretion to discharge jurisdiction.

Accordingly, we hereby dismiss this review proceeding.

No motion for rehearing or clarification will be entertained by

the Court. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.330(d)(2). It is so ordered.

MUÑIZ, C.J., and CANADY, LABARGA, COURIEL, GROSSHANS, FRANCIS, and SASSO, JJ., concur.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal Direct Conflict of Decisions

Third District - Case No. 3D2022-1895

(Miami-Dade County)

C. Ryan Jones and Scot E. Samis of Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry, LLP, St. Petersburg, Florida,

for Petitioner

Benjamin R. Alvarez, Leonardo H. Da Silva, and Paul B. Feltman of Alvarez, Feltman, Da Silva & Costa, PL., Miami, Florida,

for Respondent

Mark A. Boyle and Thomas E. Shepard of Boyle, Leonard & Anderson, P.A., Fort Myers, Florida; and Michael A. Cassel of Cassel & Cassel, P.A., Hollywood, Florida,

for Amicus Curiae United Policyholders

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