· 7/7/2005
Jones v. Florida Ins. Guar. Ass'n, Inc.
Citations
- 908 So. 2d 435
- 2005 WL 1580606
How courts have described this case
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- agreeing that section 631.68 requires actions be brought within one year of the claims deadline
- explaining that “[t]he duty to defend is of greater breadth than the insurer’s duty to indemnify, and the insurer must defend even if the allegations in the complaint are factually incorrect or merit-less”
- “The duty is determined solely by the allegations against the insured, not by the actual facts, nor the insured’s version of the facts.”
- “[An] insurer must defend even if the allegations in the com- plaint are factually incorrect or meritless.”
- “Any doubts regarding the duty to defend must be resolved in favor of the insured.”
- “lndeed, ‘[w]hen the actual facts are inconsistent with the allegations in the complaint, the allegations in the complaint control in determining the insurer's duty to defend.”’
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Judges: Per Curiam
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