People's Trust Insurance Company v. Lazaro Armenteros

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed May 1, 2024.

Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D22-1944

Lower Tribunal No. 19-35400

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People’s Trust Insurance Company, Appellant,

vs.

Lazaro Armenteros, et al., Appellees.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Peter R.

Lopez, Judge.

Bickford & Chidnese, LLP, and Patrick M. Chidnese and Frieda C.

Lindroth (Tampa), for appellant.

The Nation Law Firm, and Mark A. Nation and Paul W. Pritchard (Longwood), for appellees.

Before SCALES, MILLER, and GORDO, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Tower Hill Prime Ins. Co. v. Bermudez, 48 Fla. L. Weekly D2240, 2023 WL 8246151, at *3 (Fla. 3d DCA Nov. 29, 2023) (affirming trial court’s denial of insurer’s motion for directed verdict on policy’s soil movement exclusion because based on experts’ testimony “jury could reasonably have concluded that it was the shock waves, and not soil or earth movement, that shook the house and caused damage to the Insured's home”).