SC06-2031 – Essex Insurance Company v. Mercedes Zota, Et Al.

State: Florida

Docket No: SC06-2031

Case Date: 01/10/2008

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____________ No. SC06-2031 ____________ ESSEX INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, vs. MERCEDES ZOTA, et al., Appellees. [June 26, 2008] CORRECTED OPINION LEWIS, C.J. This case is before the Court for review of several questions of Florida law certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit as determinative of a cause pending in that court and as unanswered by existing Florida precedent. See Essex Ins. Co. v. Zota, 466 F.3d 981, 990 (11th Cir. 2006) ("Zota II"). We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(6) of the Florida Constitution, and for the reasons explained below, we find it proper to answer only one of the certified questions. This case hinges upon seemingly age-old questions surrounding the proper contours of the agency relationship between an insured and a purported insurance

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