Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. Wendy D. Montgomery and Morris L. Montgomery

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: March 6, 2026
• Docket: 6D2024-0239
• Status: Published

Opinion

SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________

Case No. 6D2024-0239 Lower Tribunal No. 2019-CA-000742 _____________________________

UNIVERSAL PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY,

Appellant/Cross-Appellee,

v.

WENDY D. MONTGOMERY and MORRIS L. MONTGOMERY,

Appellees/Cross-Appellants. _____________________________

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Polk County. Brandon J. Rafool, Judge.

March 6, 2026

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Universal Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Rodriguez, No. 6D2024-

1194, --- So. 3d ---, 2026 WL 370220 (Fla. 6th DCA Feb. 6, 2026).

Because the direct appeal is affirmed, the conditional cross-appeal is

dismissed as moot. See R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Brown, 286 So. 3d 877 (Fla.

5th DCA 2019) (dismissing conditional cross-appeal as moot when affirming issues

raised on appeal).

STARGEL, WOZNIAK and SMITH, JJ., concur. David A. Noel and Kara Rockenbach Link, of Link & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Mark A. Nation, of The Nation Law Firm, Longwood, for Appellees/Cross- Appellants.

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED