King v. National SEC. Fire and Cas. Co.

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• holding that insured may not bring simple negligence action against independent insurance adjuster because adjuster's duty arises out of the underlying contract between adjuster and insurer and is owed to insurer only
• insured may not bring simple negligence action against independent insurance adjuster
• “Since Florida law does not recognize a cause of action by an insured against an independent insurance adjuster in simple negligence, we affirm the trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of appellee.”
• “[Appellant’s argument] is contrary to the well-established law in Florida that only allows an insured to sue an insurer for bad faith and not simple negligence.” (citing Boston Old Colony Ins. Co. v. Gutierrez, 386 So.2d 783 (Fla. 1980

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).