05-0488 & 05-0501 NORTHERN V. SEITLIN & CO.

State: Florida

Court: Florida Third District Court

Docket No: 05-0488 & 05-0501 NORTHERN V. SEITLIN & CO.

Case Date: 12/21/2005

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA THIRD DISTRICT JULY TERM, A.D. 2005 NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, a foreign corporation, ** Appellant, ** vs. ** SEITLIN & COMPANY, a Florida corporation, and CARLOS MANUEL CHOMAT and ELENA QUINTANA CHOMAT Appellees. ** ** ** LOWER TRIBUNAL NO. 02-16565 CASE NO. 3D05-488 Consolidated: 3D05-501

Opinion filed December 21, 2005. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Michael A. Genden, Judge. Lane Reese Aulick Summers & Ennis, and William S. Reese; McKenna Long & Aldridge, and J. Randolph Evans (Washington, D.C.), and Stefan Passantino, for appellant. Bernstein, Chackman & Liss, and Julia Luyster, and Steven J. Chackman (Hollywood); Hunter Williams & Lynch, and Christopher J. Lynch, for appellees.

Before GERSTEN, GREEN, and RAMIREZ, JJ. PER CURIAM.

Northern

Insurance

Company

of

New

York

("Northern"),

appeals the trial court's order of final summary judgment in favor of Seitlin & Company ("Seitlin"). We reverse.

The trial court entered summary judgment finding Northern's umbrella Manuel raised insurance policy provides claim. and In coverage its for the Carlos

Chomat

("Chomat")

pleadings, a

Northern for

affirmative

defenses

asserted

counterclaim

rescission of the policy. Because there are genuine issues of material fact relating to the affirmative affect defenses and the we counterclaim, that which the may

ultimately

the

coverage,

determine

trial See

court erred in entering a final judgment on the coverage.

Griffin v. Am. Gen. Life & Accident Ins. Co., 752 So. 2d 621 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000). Accordingly, we reverse and remand for

determination of all issues. Reversed and remanded.

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