State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Roach

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the lex loci contractus rule applies except in 4 “narrow” cases where a Florida citizen is in need of protection and a paramount Florida public policy is present
• explaining that, in virtually every case in which the exception had been applied, “the insureds were permanent residents of Florida, and the insurer knew it”
• explaining that an insurance contract is entered into in the state in which the contract was issued and delivered
• explaining that an insurance contract is entered into in the state in which the contract was issued and delivered
• explaining that Florida follows the rule of lex loci contractus and applies the law of the place where the contract was made
• explaining that an insurance contract is entered into in the state in which the contract was issued and delivered

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

47 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada v. Imperial Premium Finance, LLC
  Eleventh Circuit· 2018-09-18· cited 129×
• Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. v. Peter J. McNulty Law Firm
  First Circuit· 2012-07-27· cited 70×
• United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Liberty Surplus Insurance
  Eleventh Circuit· 2008-12-02· cited 37×
• National Trust Insurance Co. v. Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Co.
  M.D. Florida· 2016-12-09· cited 36×
• David v. American Suzuki Motor Corp.
  S.D. Florida· 2009-06-16· cited 35×
• World Holdings, LLC v. Federal Republic of Germany
  Eleventh Circuit· 2012-11-15· cited 32×
• Pycsa Panama, S.A. v. Tensar Earth Technologies, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 2008-04-16· cited 32×
• Shkelzen Berisha v. Guy Lawson
  Eleventh Circuit· 2020-09-02· cited 30×
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Duckworth
  Eleventh Circuit· 2011-08-11· cited 25×
• Wamsley v. NODAK MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
  Montana Supreme Court· 2008-02-19· cited 20×
• Mid-Continent Casualty Co. v. Basdeo
  S.D. Florida· 2010-09-27· cited 18×
• Rando v. Government Employees Insurance
  Eleventh Circuit· 2009-02-02· cited 16×
• Putzier v. Ace Hardware Corp.
  N.D. Illinois· 2014-06-25· cited 15×
• Rando v. Government Employees Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-04-08· cited 14×
• AIG Premier Insurance v. RLI Insurance
  M.D. Florida· 2011-09-15· cited 11×
• National Trust Insurance v. Graham Bros. Construction Co.
  M.D. Florida· 2013-01-04· cited 11×
• Altman Contractors, Inc. v. Crum & Forster Specialty Insurance Company
  Eleventh Circuit· 2016-08-02· cited 10×
• Johnson v. Allstate Ins. Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-08-08· cited 8×
• Caban v. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
  S.D. Florida· 2009-03-23· cited 8×
• Creative Hospitality Ventures, Inc. v. United States Liability Insurance
  S.D. Florida· 2009-09-30· cited 6×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bishop v. Florida Specialty Paint Co.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-10-23· cited 244×
• Sellers v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1966-04-20· cited 161×
• Sturiano v. Brooks
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-03-24· cited 101×
• Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co. v. August
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-09-01· cited 77×
• Gillen v. United Services Automobile Association
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1974-07-10· cited 59×
• Bates v. Cook, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-07-16· cited 45×
• Continental Mortg. Investors v. Sailboat Key, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-02-12· cited 37×
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Company v. Enright
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-02-29· cited 25×
• Reinish v. Clark
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-07-20· cited 23×
• In Re Estate of Santos
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-01-04· cited 19×
• Decker v. Great American Ins. Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-12-31· cited 17×
• New Jersey Mfrs. Ins. Co. v. Woodward
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-09-25· cited 16×
• Strochak v. Federal Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-03-19· cited 15×
• LINCOLN NAT. HEALTH v. Mitsubishi
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-09-22· cited 11×
• Petrik v. New Hampshire Ins. Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-05-31· cited 10×
• State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Davella
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-05-15· cited 10×
• Johnson v. Auto-Owners Insurance Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1974-02-14· cited 8×
• Safeco Ins. Co. of America v. Ware
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-12-22· cited 7×
• Roach v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-11-10· cited 4×
• Tennessee Farmers Mut. Ins. Co. v. Meador
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-04-18· cited 4×