SC01-291 - Charles B Higgins v. State Farm Fire And Casualty Company

State: Florida

Docket No: SC01-291

Case Date: 10/26/2004

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_________________________ Nos. SC01-291 & SC01-292 _________________________ CHARLES B. HIGGINS, Petitioner, vs. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Respondent. _____________________ CHERYL L. INGALLS, etc., Petitioner, vs. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Respondent. [September 30, 2004] CORRECTED OPINION WELLS, J. We have for review the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Higgins, 788 So. 2d 992 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001) (en banc), which certified a question to be of great public importance with regard to one issue and certified conflict with the decisions of the Third District Court of

Appeal in Irvine v. Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance Co., 630 So. 2d 579 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993), and Burns v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., 157 So. 2d 84 (Fla. 3d DCA 1963), with regard to a second issue. We have jurisdiction. See art. V,

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