DocketNumber: 21-0079
Filed Date: 2/2/2022
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 2/2/2022
Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed February 2, 2022. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D21-79 Lower Tribunal Nos. 18-6028 CC & 19-352 AP ________________ Projekt Property Restoration, Inc., a/a/o Daniel Luna, Appellant, vs. GeoVera Specialty Insurance Company, Appellee. An Appeal from the County Court for Miami-Dade County, Christina Marie DiRaimondo, Judge. Font & Nelson, PLLC and Jose P. Font (Ft. Lauderdale), for appellant. Paul R. Pearcy, P.A. and Maureen G. Pearcy; Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, and Joseph V. Manzo, for appellee. Before LOGUE, GORDO and LOBREE, JJ. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Taurus Holdings, Inc. v. U. S. Fid. & Guar. Co.,913 So. 2d 528
, 532 (Fla. 2005) (“[I]nsurance contracts are interpreted according to the plain language of the policy except ‘when a genuine inconsistency, uncertainty, or ambiguity in meaning remains after resort to the ordinary rules of construction.’” (quoting State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Pridgen,498 So. 2d 1245
, 1248 (Fla. 1986))); Hagen v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.,675 So. 2d 963
, 965 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996) (“[I]f a policy . . . is clear and unambiguous, it should be enforced according to its terms.”); Garcia v. Fed. Ins. Co.,969 So. 2d 288
, 291 (Fla. 2007) (“A [policy] is not ambiguous simply because it is complex or requires analysis.”); Allstate Fire & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Hradecky,208 So. 3d 184
, 187 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016) (“[T]o the extent an endorsement is inconsistent with the body of the policy, the endorsement controls.”). 2