· 11/12/1980
Florida Ins. Guar. Ass'n v. Gustinger
Citations
- 390 So. 2d 420
How courts have described this case
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- reversing award of interest against FIGA running from date of compensation award against insurer, which occurred prior to insurer's insolvency
- stating that a section 440.34 attorney’s fee award was a covered claim ”[s]ince the workmen’s compensation policy issued by [the carrier] to [the employer] obviously insured against the employer’s responsibility to pay the claimant’s attorney’s fees”
- FIGA’s affirmative defense contending that the insured’s claim for attorney’s fees “does not come within the definition of ‘covered claim’” constituted the “deni(al) by affirmative action, other than delay, (of) a covered claim” within the meaning of section 631.70
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Judges: Hendry, Schwartz and Nesbitt
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