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Baker v. Progressive Express Insurance

788 So. 2d 401, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 9163, 2001 WL 746759
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
DecidedJuly 5, 2001
DocketNo. 3D00-3284
StatusPublished

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Bluebook
Baker v. Progressive Express Insurance, 788 So. 2d 401, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 9163, 2001 WL 746759 (Fla. Ct. App. 2001).

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Zebrowski 706 So.2d 275, 277 (Fla.1997)(third party is authorized to “file a [402]*402bad-faith claim directly against the liability insurer without an assignment by the insured upon obtaining a judgment in excess of the policy limits”); Cunningham, v. Standard Guar. Ins. Co., 630 So.2d 179 (Fla.1994)(excess judgment unnecessary when insurer and injured third party agreed to try bad-faith action before underlying negligence claim; if no bad faith found claim would be settled for policy limit, and insured would not be exposed to excess judgment).

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Related

Cunningham v. Standard Guar. Ins. Co.
630 So. 2d 179 (Supreme Court of Florida, 1994)
State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Zebrowski
706 So. 2d 275 (Supreme Court of Florida, 1997)

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788 So. 2d 401, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 9163, 2001 WL 746759, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/baker-v-progressive-express-insurance-fladistctapp-2001.