UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY v. GLEN HAYWARD STEPHERSON, JR.

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: June 21, 2023
• Docket: 22-0554
• Status: Published

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed June 21, 2023. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D22-554 Lower Tribunal No. 19-17811 CC ________________

United Automobile Insurance Company, Appellant,

vs.

Glen Hayward Stepherson, Jr., Appellee.

An Appeal from the County Court for Miami-Dade County, Lawrence D. King, Judge.

Michael J. Neimand, for appellant.

Douglas H. Stein, P.A., and Douglas H. Stein; The Billbrough Firm, and G. Bartram Billbrough, for appellee.

Before EMAS, SCALES and LINDSEY, JJ.

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Sec. Life & Tr. Co. v. Jones, 202 So. 2d 906, 908 (Fla.

2d DCA 1967) (“If an insurer makes an independent inquiry and the

circumstances are such that [the insurer] is in a position to ascertain the facts

by a reasonably diligent and complete search, [the insurer] is bound by what

a reasonably diligent and complete search would show.”).