Supreme Court of Florida· 9/26/2002

Johnson v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co.

Citations

828 So. 2d 1021
2002 WL 31119095

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holding that coverage issues are to be “judicially determined by the court” and are “not subject to a determination by appraisers”
holding that “causation is … an amount-of-loss question for the appraisal panel when an insurer admits that there is covered loss, the amount of which is disputed.”
holding that “causation is … an amount-of-loss question for the appraisal panel when an insurer admits that there is covered loss, the amount of which is disputed.”
concluding that “causation is a coverage question for the court when an insurer wholly denies that there is a covered loss and an amount-of-loss question for the appraisal panel when an insurer admits that there is covered loss, the amount of which is disputed”
“[C]overage issues [a]re to be judicially determined by the court . . . .”
“[W]hen the insurer admits that there is a covered loss, but there is a disagreement on the amount of loss, it is for the appraisers to arrive at the amount to be paid.”

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Judges: Wells

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