STATE FARM FLORIDA INS. CO. v. Lorenzo

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that based on the policy language, which provided for payment on a replacement cost basis, the insurer properly withheld a portion of the loss value until such cost was actually incurred
• holding that the confession of judgment doctrine did not support an award of attorney’s fees to an insured who first filed suit after State Farm had fully paid all the amounts due pursuant to a pre-suit appraisal
• holding confession of judgment doctrine did not apply where insureds were not forced to sue to receive benefits
• noting that circuit court’s “error could have a pervasive, widespread effect in other proceedings”
• discussing “departure from the essential requirements of law” with reference to second-tier certiorari review
• individual action against insurer for wrongful exclusion of GCOP

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).